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A new wave of violence has hit different parts of the war-torn Somalia, killing 17 people and injuring several others.

In the restive capital of Mogadishu, fierce shelling and gun battles erupted late Monday in the northern neighborhoods of Yaqshid, Hawlwadag, Hodon and Hiliwa, claiming the lives of at least 7 people, mostly civilians, a Press TV correspondent reported, citing eyewitness accounts.

The shelling, according to government reports, were in response to mortar attacks by al-Shabab fighters on a military base in the capital's southern area that houses government troops and African Union peacekeeping forces.

Another fierce clash erupted Monday between al-Shabab fighters and pro-government Ahlul-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa forces in a village in central Somali region of Galgadud has killed more than 10 people and injured scores of others, including civilians.