Soldier kills 17 as AU bemoans failed state | Jordan Times: "MOGADISHU (AFP) - A Somali soldier fired a machinegun into a Mogadishu crowd Monday, killing at least 17 civilians as the African Union (AU) said the government had failed to impose authority and deliver stability.
The soldier triggered a high-calibre anti-aircraft gun mounted atop a truck, and a hail of bullets ripped into the crowd in southern Mogadishu, capital of the Horn of Africa state where an Islamist insurrection is threatening to topple the fragile UN-backed government.
Mohamed Yusuf, the director of Madina Hospital in southern Mogadishu, said 56 people were also wounded."
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