The troops were targeted with an improvised bomb (IED) during a security patrol near Tarabunka junction in the capital’s Hodon district.
Several other soldiers were reported to have been maimed in the IED blast and admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to the area security officials.
Al-Shabaab
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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...has grabbed credit for the landmine kaboom through a statement posted on its affiliated online sites, saying at least three soldiers died in the attack.