1 Motorcycling World Championship vol. 2 Motorcycling World Championship vol. Somali resistance grows bigger and bigger, and while women and kids on a row offer visual protection to fighters, the very first shooting begins. Gen. Bruno Loi, under fire as well as his men, is reluctant to order them to open fire on the crowd, despite the increasing of the shooting. Soon, the less and less sporadic shooting turns in a real battle.
Somali gunmen starts targeting italian armored cars with deadly RPGs.
Italian's fire, although effective, cannot but limit casualties. The checkpoint itself is lost to somali militias. Gianfranco Paglia, who was inside his M-113 armored troops transport vehicle when hit by an RPG grenade, suffers spine wounds by shells with consequent paralysis. Gen. Bruno Loi leads once again his men to Pasta Factory district. The very beginning recalls dramatically previous clashes.