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Disabled die in Somali raid - 12 Sep 09
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Sep 15 09
Witnessed: 861 times
Regions: Somalia
Issues: Internally displaced persons, Mass killings, Violence
Tags: bombing, civilian casualties
Disabled veterans have become the latest casualty of fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
At least 12 of 15 people killed were former soldiers suffering paralysis or missing limbs and many more were injured after mortars fired by Islamist fighters missed their target - and landed on their hospital.
Al Jazeera's Rosie Garthwaite reports on the fighting that has already claimed tens of thousands of lives and shows no signs of abating.
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