SHILABO, ETHIOPIA (a href=”http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8674amp;tirsan=3″Mareeg/a) – Heavy fighting was taking place in the Somali town of Shilabo in Ogaden, eastern Ethiopia, between forces belonging to rebel group Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and Woyanne regime troops later on Saturday.
Residents in the town said that fighting took place for most of the day.
The fighting started when the rebel fighters attacked an Woyanne regime tank that entered in that Alemoo village of Shilabo district.
Residents were quoted as saying there had been bullets everywhere and the fighting was extremely intense.
Correspondents say independent information on the situation in Shilabo is difficult because radio contact has been severed.