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| Women killed in Somalia bomb blast |
| 2010-08-05 |
| [The Nation (Nairobi)] Three women died instantly when a blast hit a group of women engaged in cleaning a road in Mogadishu. The attack took place around mid-day on Wednesday and caused the injuries of another 12 people, seven of them being women cleaners. The killings took place at Bondhere, particularly around a monument for the unknown soldier, one of the neighbourhoods close to Villa Somalia, the state house in Mogadishu. Those maimed were shuttled to Madina, the main referral hospital for war casualties in the war-torn scenic city. Mr Abdullahi Hersi Wardhere alias Istakin, the commissioner of Bondhere, the district where the bombing occurred accused al Shabaab radicals of being behind the deadly act. He added that the government security forces apprehended and then killed a man alleged to have triggered the detonator. |
| Posted by:Fred |