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| Ugandan forces attacked in Mogadishu |
| 2007-03-08 |
| (SomaliNet) Unknown gunmen have launched an attack on an armored vehicle belonged to the Ugandan troops in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on late Wednesday. The Ugandan forces are said to have gone under attack near KM4 roundabout in south of Mogadishu by unidentified militiamen around 6:30pm local time. The Ugandan troops have exchanged heavy gunfire with the attackers. It is the first time that Ugandan peacekeepers are attacked in Somalia since their arrival in Mogadishu on Tuesday. That makes sense. Today's Wednesday. There is no immediate casualty on the Ugandan troops but there are reports saying that at least three civilians have been wounded in the skirmishes. Elsewhere in the capital a woman was wounded when a mortar shell slammed into Howlwadag neighborhood in Mogadishu. The latest attack came hours after two police officers were shot dead in the capital by unknown men armed with pistols who then took away the soldiersÂ’ guns. The insurgent groups now seem to be strengthening in the capital launching frequent attacks targeting the key locations of the interim government troops and its Ethiopian allies. Meanwhile, the spokesman for the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Assane Ba, said on Tuesday peacekeepers deployed by the African Union (AU) to Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, will fight back if they are attacked by the insurgents who launched strikes near the airport, IRIN reports on Wednesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |