(SomaliNet) Two explosions have happened Tuesday in the Somalia capital Mogadishu targeting the interim government soldiers and the Ugandan peace keepers – as part of the insurgency against the government and its allied forces. The first blast which was a car bomb attack took place around 9:46 am local time on the road between the Kaah and Ramadan hotels in north of Mogadishu targeting on a pickup truck carrying government soldiers. No casualty was reported on the soldiers but the blast wounded one civilian person.
Hawo Elmi, among the local witnesses told Somalinet shortly after the explosion that the blast was loud and heavy as convoy of the government soldiers were passing there. “I have not seen any soldiers wounded in the explosion but I saw the car windows smashed,” Hawo Elmi said in a shocking mood.
The second explosion happened around 12:10 pm local time on the road of the main Aden Abdule Airport in Mogadishu where passed by a convoy carrying African Union peacekeepers from Uganda. The blast, which was sparked by a hand grenade bomb hurled by unknown man, caused no casualty on the soldiers, according to Ugandan officers. The Ugandan soldiers suddenly sealed off the area of the blast and began investigations but no one was arrested for the latest attack.