Somalis flee Mogadishu violence

Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital after scores of people were killed over the weekend.People left Mogadishu in taxis, cars and lorries piled with mattresses, suitcases and furniture on Monday, witnesses said.Ali Sheik Yasin Fadhaa, the vice-chairman of the local Elman Human Rights Organisation, said: "Some of them do not know where to go. They need urgent help."He said that his staff throughout Mogadishu had counted at least 5,200 people fleeing on Monday, taking the total since Saturday to more than 17,000 Somalis."I have no other option," Asha Yakob told The Associated Press news agency as she left the northern Mogadishu neighbourhood of Fagah."Those who are fighting seem to be foreigners. If they were Somalis, they would never kill innocent and poor people like me. They are enemies."