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| Africa Horn |
| Mog violence kills four, maims six |
| 2007-07-12 |
| (SomaliNet) Four people died and six others, three of whom policemen were injured in two bomb explosions inside Bakara market, south of the Somalia capital Mogadishu where the security forces are conducting massive search operations aimed to restore peace and stability for the seventh day in row. The first explosion occurred around 7:30 am local time when an unknown assailant hurled a hand grenade bomb at the government soldiers involving in the search operations. The blast left four civilians dead and wounded two soldiers as the government soldiers fired several shots in the air to find out who was behind the attack. Another bomb exploded inside the market minutes after the first one, causing the injury of one soldier and four civilians including a woman. Elsewhere in Mogadishu, an unknown man armed with a pistol killed one soldier at KPP junction in south of Mogadishu. The security forces reached the area of the shooting but did not find the attacker who escaped unharmed. Meanwhile, another government soldier was wounded in a roadside bomb attack which took place in Suuq Bacaad market, north of the capital. It was a remote controlled roadside bomb which |
| Posted by:Fred |