Heavy Somali fighting amid crisis
 |  Many Mogadishu residents have seen their homes damaged  |
Enlarge Image"My house was crashed, collapsed by the mortars of the Ethiopian troops," resident Isa Gedi told the BBC.
"One of my sons died," he said by telephone, as shots could be heard in clashes between Ethiopia-backed government troops and insurgents.
Only fighters and men protecting their property are in the city as women and children have fled, aid workers say.
The main route used by people fleeing Mogadishu has been closed after a Ethiopian convoy on the road was mined and a blast at a nearby military base on Thursday.
More than 200,000 people have fled their homes since Ethiopian troops helped the government oust an Islamist group from Mogadishu in December, the UN says.
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