Gunfire erupts inside main prison in Somalia's Mogadishu - inmate

Gunfire erupted inside the main prison in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, an inmate said. "I can hear the gunfire from inside the central cell block. I am in a separate room and I do not know what is happening," Mohammed Nur, an inmate at the prison, told Reuters.

Gunfire erupted inside the main prison in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, an inmate said.

"I can hear the gunfire from inside the central cell block. I am in a separate room and I do not know what is happening," Mohammed Nur, an inmate at the prison, told Reuters. He said he could see a soldier, who seemed to be wounded, lying prostrate on the grounds of the prison.

A senior police officer, who did not want to be named, confirmed the incident without giving any details. Somalia has been trying to re-establish the rule of law in the past decade but still suffers from frequent attacks by al Shabaab militants. The group did not respond immediately to a request for comment by Reuters.