I saw masked men running away carrying the bodies of four of their friends," Halima Osman, a mother-of-three who lives in the city's sprawling Bakara Market, told Reuters.
"We were surprised to see men in government uniforms fighting in Bakara. They have recaptured four police stations between here and the palace, and they are advancing further."
"They have surrounded Bakara Market, al Shabaab's biggest stronghold in the city.Residents in the city's Hodon district said the bodies of six more dead insurgents were lying at a police station there.
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