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Somalia: Government truck comes under attack
 (SomaliNet) A remote controlled roadside bomb has exploded near the main Mogadishu airport on Thursday afternoon as government truck was passing there. There is no immediate casualty from the latest bomb attack and no one was arrested in connection with the latest bomb. A witness told Somalinet the bomb was aimed at a pickup truck carrying government soldiers but missed the target. Shortly after the blast, which was huge and loud, the Ugandan peace keepers reached the area and began investigations to who was behind the attack. Meanwhile, soldiers of the transitional government raided a village in Hodan district where they took out five persons two of whom were wounded. According to the local residents, two armored vehicles with soldiers entered a house in Hodan arresting five men including wounded patients. In Huriwa district, north of the capital, the Ethiopian forces fired gunshots wounding two people after children playing alongside a road threw fire crackers. Posted by: Fred 2007-07-28 |
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