A resident told the Reuters news agency that a mortar shell had landed on his neighbour’s house and injured a mother.
“A big house near us is also ablaze, mortars and other weapons landed on it,” Ahmed Ismail told the agency on Thursday morning.
The number of casualties is not yet known and the president has not commented.
In statement on X, former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, an ally of Khaire, said the opposition would not be intimidated.
“If the President and his soldiers think that we are afraid or that we will flee, we are not going to run away,” he said.
The protests have not taken place amid the fighting. The capital is now largely calm, although sporadic gunfire can still be heard in some districts.
Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority denied reports that the violence had disrupted flights, assuring passengers that operations at the city’s airport remained normal.
“All scheduled flights today at Aden Adde Airport are operating as planned, with no cancellations,” the authority said in a statement.