MOGADISHU - Fighting between the military and police backed by intelligence forces killed nine people in the Somali capital on Saturday, police said.
"It seems they mistook the Somali national army for (clan) militias. The death toll is nine people including a civilian," Major Abdullahi Hussein, a police officer, told Reuters.
He said the fighting occurred because police were wrongly informed that there were armed militias in the area.
"Accidents happen," he said.