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| Bomb attack wounds five in Mogadishu |
| 2007-02-28 |
| (SomaliNet) At least six people , five of them policemen have been wounded on Monday in bomb blast that occurred in the Somalia capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Somalinet. The explosion was caused by a hand grenade bomb thrown by unknown gunmen who were riding on a pick up truck that passing Sinai junction in north of the capital where policemen were staying at small business center. Heyder Mohamoud, among the injured police officers in the area, told the local media the bomb hit at an area where a woman was selling fuel. He said the explosion wounded five policemen and the woman. The explosion happened around 11:00 am local time as the target was at the policemen guarding Sinai area. “The bomb hit a small fuel kiosk as number of policemen were taking rest under the kiosk. The explosion caused the injury of five people,” Ali Maan, one of the residents told Somalinet. The latest bomb attack was part of the hit and run attacks against the interim government forces in the capital. Shortly after the attack, a group of journalists and I went to the scene to find out the casualty by car but we’ve gone under gunfire by angry policemen in the area, so we got off the car and then reached the place on foot. The area was very chaotic as the cars were barred to use the Sinai road. The government policemen with the help of local hire vigilantes sealed off all roads to the junction where the blast occurred as the attacker escaped unharmed. The Somalia government vowed it would position more police force in the streets of the chaotic city, Mogadishu, very soon to restore peace and stability. On late Friday at least 9 civilians, most of them women and children had been killed and more than 20 others were wounded in artillery fires that hit several villages in the capital shortly after unidentified militiamen launched an ambush attack to the former defense ministry building in Mogadishu based by Ethiopian forces. The constant attacks forced many people to flee the city for safety. On late Friday the Ethiopian forces stationing in former building of defense ministry have clashed with unidentified gunmen who launched an attack on them where they have exchanged heavy machine gun fire. Civilians were seen hiring buses to travel to southern and central provinces in Somalia. Most of the displacing people, women and children, were heading towards Baidoa about 245 km south of the capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |