Somali officials say AU force kills 18 civilians
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Somali officials and an eyewitness say African Union peacekeepers opened fire on civilian vehicles and fatally shot 18 people after an AU vehicle hit a land mine. AU spokesman Bahoku Barigye says peacekeepers were responding to gunfire and he does not know whom they hit.
Mogadishu Deputy Mayor Abdifitah Ibrahim Shawey says the peacekeepers fired at three minibus taxis carrying civilians after the land mine damaged an AU vehicle in the Somali capital. (AP)
