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Roadside bomb targets African Union convoy in Mogadishu
A convoy of African Union (AU) convoy has been targeted by a romote-controlled roadside bomb as they drove along a strategic road in Mogadishu’s Deynile district, an Eyewitness confirmed. The witness told Radio Shabelle by phone that several AMISOM soldiers sustained injuries after a heavy roadside landmine targeted their convoy at Bar Jowhar in Suqa Holaha village on Saturday.The landmine, which is believed to have been planted by the Al shabaab was targeted the AU Army vehicles escorting a lorry carrying AMISOM supplies headed to a nearby military camp within the area, reports said. After the bomb attack, AU soldiers sealed off the area and conducted searches hunting the culprits who planted the IED hit their convoy on the road. No group has yet claimed the responsibility of the attack, but al-Shabab has several times claimed or carried similar attacks against AMISOM and SNA. Posted by: Steve White 2015-11-23 |
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