Mogadishu: Hundreds of protesters demanding the departure of government-allied Ethiopian troops burned tyres and threw stones yesterday in the Somali capital as some of the worst violence in months continued for a second day.
Two demonstrators were wounded when Ethiopian troops fired toward protesters after several hundred Somalis - many of them women and children - took to the streets shouting anti-Ethiopian slogans, erecting burning barricades and tossing rocks, witnesses said.
"We will resist them - for our country, our religion, our honour," said demonstrator Ahmad Hussain.
Meanwhile, at least two bodies were seen in the streets following a second day of clashes between Islamic insurgents who have been fighting Ethiopian and Somali government forces.
Hospital staff and residents said it was the heaviest fighting in months.
Mogadishu has been plagued by violence since government troops and their Ethiopian allies chased out the Council of Islamic Courts in December.
