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Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has covered up wounding a Somali pregnant woman on July 9, 2017 in Arbacow area, about 20Km northwest of Mogadishu after IED blast on their convoy.
Radio Shabelle has reported the incident, quoting multiple sources on the ground who confirmed that AMISOM soldiers shot up nearby civilians, injuring a pregnant woman, following the kaboom.
The woman was immediately taken to the AMISOM level II hospital, where she received emergency treatment and was later transferred to a private hospital in Mogadishu, for further treatment.
Sadia Mohamud Dheere, the woman told Radio Shabelle that she has sustained a critical gunshot wounds from AMISOM fire which led to the death of her unborn baby, a report that is contrary to AMISOM statement.
"I was maimed by AMISOM soldiers. One of the bullets they fired at me has penetrated in the left side of my chest and abdomen. I underwent a surgery at the hospital," said Dheer.
"It changed my life because I lost my unborn baby," she said with her eyes full of tears.
The woman has appealed to the brass hats of Somalia’s Federal government to intervene in the situation and hold AMISOM accountable for deliberately wounding her.
On Sunday, July 16, 2017, AMISOM released a blurb, saying the woman was injured by shrapnel from al-Shabaab
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the personification of Somali state failure...planted IED targeted its convoy at Arbacow, denying the Radio Shabelle report as false.