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Somalia: 2 peace delegates wounded in grenade attack
 (SomaliNet) Two of the peace delegates were reported wounded last night when unidentified armed men supposedly be supporters of the ousted Islamic Courts launched ambush attack on Lafa-weyn hotel in north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu, which houses some of the reconciliation delegates, witnesses said. Four grenade explosions followed by an exchange of gunfire could be heard around the hotel at 7:20pm tonight, according to the local residents. Abdiwahid Mohamed Hussein, the spokesman for the police said that grenades were hurled at the hotel. He said two of the delegates have been slightly wounded. Lafa-weyn hotel is one of the heavily guarded hotels that hosted the Somali delegates attending the reconciliation congress in Mogadishu which is in the second phase of the political issues.
Posted by: 2007-08-26 |
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