(SomaliNet) Somalia transitional federal government, which is now struggling to pose a sort of law and order in the capital, said today that it lost one of its soldiers in grenade attacks on the troops involving in the security operations in Bakara market. The commander of the current operating forces in and around Bakara market, colonel Yusuf Hussein Dhumal told the local media that one police officer died and four others were wounded in today’s bomb attacks. “As we have been receiving in the reports, we lost one soldier and four others wounded when unknown militants hurled hand grenade bombs at the soldiers as they were on their duties,” said the official.
Dhumal said the search for weapons and suspects in and around Bakara market will continue for an indefinite period. The government set up a big military station inside the market to keep an eye to the insurgentsÂ’ movements. The TFG believes that Bakara market, the biggest hub in southern Somalia is the hotspot for the attacks against the government. Several soldiers have been killed in bombings and ambush attacks launched by the insurgents since the Bakara siege began two weeks ago. |