Fighting between government and rebel forces in Somalia over the past two days has killed more than 40 civilians and wounded about 150 others, according to sources at the scene, CNN reported.
Most of the casualties occurred Friday, when 39 Somali civilians were killed in crossfire, hospital sources and eyewitnesses told CNN. Officials said 138 other civilians have been admitted to Madina Hospital in Mogadishu, where government forces went on the offensive against al-Shabab militants.
Somalia's Shabelle media reported three more deaths and more than a dozen others wounded Saturday from sporadic fighting and shelling in Mogadishu, which started after the rebels advanced to the presidential palace.
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