Gunmen returned fire Wednesday as Somali government soldiers clashed with Islamist militants in Mogadishu. Mohamed Dahir/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAnother Day In Somalia, Fresh Fighting And Unlikely Victims -- New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — Masked gunmen forced a group of eight Muslim preachers, most of them from Pakistan, out of a mosque in the Somali town of Gaalkacyo at dawn prayers on Wednesday and shot them, residents and witnesses said.
Five Pakistani preachers died on the spot, while the other three preachers — two Pakistanis and a Somali — were seriously wounded. Dhega Adde, the owner of a hospital where the wounded men were treated, said they were in serious condition.
It was not clear why the Pakistanis had been singled out at the Tawfiq mosque in Gaalkacyo, almost 400 miles north of Mogadishu, the capital. Residents said the town had been on a high security alert after earlier unrest.
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