Residents transport a man wounded in crossfire during fighting between Somali government forces, backed by African Union troops, and Islamist militants in Madina District of Somalia's capital Mogadishu August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - African peacekeepers and Somali troops battled militants in a suburb of Mogadishu on Friday, launching a joint offensive that killed at least 14 people, police said.
The attack was part of an armed campaign by government forces and African Union peacekeepers in response to a recent surge in gun and bomb attacks in Mogadishu by militias, primarily the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group.
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