Violent clashes between the insurgents and forces loyal to the TFG have continued to occur on an almost daily basis in the quarter under review. Numerous gun battles and artillery barrages in December killed at least 120 people in the capital, most of them civilians, and more than 5,000 people fled the city during the six weeks to mid-January. On January 1st at least 19 people were killed during intense fighting between al-Shabab gunmen and government forces in Hodan district in south Mogadishu, and heavy shelling of the area in and around the capital's main Bakara market, in the centre of the capital, on January 17th killed more than 10 people. Overall, 2010 was the bloodiest year in a decade for Mogadishu, according to a global humanitarian agency, the International Red Cross (IRC). The IRC treated more than 6,000 people for war-related injuries in its clinics in 2010, up from 5,000 in 2009 and 2,800 in 2008.