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| Africa Horn |
| Æthiopian soldiers killed bomb attack near Kismayo |
| 2016-11-20 |
| At least three Æthiopian soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have been killed in a bomb attack occurred near Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region... city in southern Somalia on Saturday. According to local sources, the AMISOM soldiers were killed after their military convoy came under a remotely detonated land mine attack at Bulu-Gadud village, some 35Km northeast of Kismayo city. After the IED bomb attack, the AU troops retreated back to their bases in Kismayo, sources added. On Friday, AMISOM force spokesperson Joe Kibet said Au forces alongside the Somali National Army (SNA), killed six Al-Shabaab militants in the same area in Lower Jubba region. Mr Kibet said that there were no casualties on their side in Friday’s operation. |
| Posted by:Steve White |