Some 26 killed in Somali confrontation

At least 26 persons were killed and another 53 wounded due to the eruption of fighting between two warring Somali factions in a town near Beedawa. Eyewitnesses said on Wednesday that the fighting erupted when a force allied to Somali leader Hussein Aideed attacked a base of the Rahnawin Resistance Army, 12 km north of Beedawa town on Tuesday. Aideed's forces control Beedawa, while the al-Rahnawin Resistance Army controls most of the surrounding area.