Rival groups
Government spokesman Abdi Haji Gobdon said no-one at the palace had been hurt.
Insurgents have attacked the palace several times over the past two years but have not killed any senior officials.
The violence runescape gold follows clashes between rival Islamist militia groups north of Mogadishu which have killed about 30 people and injured more than 30 others.
The fighting in Guriel involved the hardline group al-Shabaab and a local militia, witnesses said.
Correspondents say that a power vacuum may be opening up as the 3,000-strong Ethiopian force pulls out of Somalia.
Ethiopian troops arrived in Somalia in 2006 to help the interim government cheap runescape gold oust Islamists from the capital.
Government spokesman Abdi Haji Gobdon said no-one at the palace had been hurt.
Insurgents have attacked the palace several times over the past two years but have not killed any senior officials.
The violence runescape gold follows clashes between rival Islamist militia groups north of Mogadishu which have killed about 30 people and injured more than 30 others.
The fighting in Guriel involved the hardline group al-Shabaab and a local militia, witnesses said.
Correspondents say that a power vacuum may be opening up as the 3,000-strong Ethiopian force pulls out of Somalia.
Ethiopian troops arrived in Somalia in 2006 to help the interim government cheap runescape gold oust Islamists from the capital.
Rebels shelled the presidential palace where Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein was meeting African Union peacekeepers, a government spokesman said.
Government forces retaliated by firing mortars world of warcraft which struck a crowded market and residential area, witnesses say.
Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991.
Reports say that most of the casualties occurred in and around the city's Bakara market.
"Several mortar shells fired from the Somali government positions struck Bakara market buy wow gold and eight civilians died in one place while nine others were wounded," trader Bashir Muktar told AFP news agency.
Another witness, Ahmed Abdullahi, described the scene as "horrific".
Ambulance and health officials reported many people had been injured in the mortar attack on the market.
Government forces retaliated by firing mortars world of warcraft which struck a crowded market and residential area, witnesses say.
Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991.
Reports say that most of the casualties occurred in and around the city's Bakara market.
"Several mortar shells fired from the Somali government positions struck Bakara market buy wow gold and eight civilians died in one place while nine others were wounded," trader Bashir Muktar told AFP news agency.
Another witness, Ahmed Abdullahi, described the scene as "horrific".
Ambulance and health officials reported many people had been injured in the mortar attack on the market.
