00:00Fighting broke out in Baidoa early Thursday between Somali government forces and militia
00:06loyal to former southwest state president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftegarin.
00:12Heavy gunfire wrung out, with residents fleeing some neighbourhoods as a result.
00:17One doctor at the Bay Regional Hospital told journalists that his hospital received 24
00:21people who were injured in the fighting, as well as one civilian who died.
00:26According to Somalia's defence ministry, its forces were responding to an attack on their
00:31positions by militias loyal to Laftegarin, as well as al-Shabaab fighters.
00:37It's the latest episode in a political and security dispute between Somalia's federal
00:41government and Laftegarin's allies over control of southwest state.
00:47Late March, federal forces took control of Baidoa, after which Laftegarin stepped down.
00:54The city is some 245 kilometres northwest of the capital Mogadishu.
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