article_snippet: Initial reports to police indicate that nine people, including four attackers, were killed after gunmen in military uniforms attacked the house of the former Somali parliament speaker and current president of the newly established southwest regional administration, said Col. Mahad Abdi, a Somali police officer.
article_snippet: Heavy gunfire broke out between Somali troops backed by Ethiopian forces inside the house of the regional president, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden.
article_snippet: Explosions and gunfire were still going on over an hour after the initial assault, Abdi said.
article_snippet: A broadcast by the group's official radio station, Andulus, said that the extremist group Al-Shabaab gunmen had entered the regional president's house and killed seven Ethiopian soldiers.
highlights_snippet: Police say initial reports indicate nine people are dead, including four attackers .