Heavy fighting has broken out in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with Islamic militia using rockets and artillery. The Islamists, who control most of the south of the country, are trying to take an area in the city's south that is controlled by warlord Abdi Qeybdid. Eyewitnesses spoke of heavy casualties with up to 60 people reported killed and 100 injured in two days of clashes.