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Heavy Fighting in Mogadishu Leads to Mutilation of Troops
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Ali said that he could not leave his house in the Casa Popolare neighborhood until 10:30 a.m. and that when he did, he walked to his office hugging the cement sides of buildings for fear of stray bullets.
"People were running from four directions, running from the shelling, running to rescue their children, or to some injured person," he said. "It was chaotic. People maybe don't even know where to run, where to go. They have never seen such clan warfare."
On Tuesday, Uluso said, his home was fired on by at least 30 government soldiers as he attempted to hold a meeting to discuss the political situation in Mogadishu. Several militiamen were wounded.
"The situation has gone from worse to worse," he said. "Mogadishu is at the lowest point of its social and humanitarian crisis."
The upcoming reconciliation conference, he said, "has no validity."
"We do not have any part in the reconciliation."
Special correspondent Mohamed Ibrahim in Mogadishu contributed to this report.
