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Somalia: Soldiers wound civilian after grenade attack
2007-07-29
(SomaliNet) Government soldiers on Saturday wounded two civilians near Black sea junction in Hodan district, south of the Somalia capital Mogadishu after a bomb attack on their vehicle. Witnesses told Somalinet the incident happened around 12:10pm local time when an unknown local militant hurled a hand grenade bomb at a pickup truck carrying policemen passing the area. The bomb was reported to have missed the target as the attacker escaped unharmed. The police forces opened fire in all direction injuring two people in the area. Several people in the area were arrested in connection with the latest bomb attack and the site of the blast was blocked.

Meanwhile, Local insurgents linked with the ousted Islamic Courts Union have launched an ambush attack on the government soldiers stationing near Guled hotel in north of Mogadishu overnight where the rival sides exchanged all sorts of weapons. There were no immediate casualties from that confrontation.
Posted by:Fred

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