According to reports, the earth-shattering kaboom took place in the Waharadde neighborhood in the Heliwa District of Mogadishu on Saturday. This is the first time in as many months a kaboom has been reported in the outskirts of Mogadishu, which has been relatively peaceful.
According to reports, the dear departed soldiers were working with the Criminal Investigation Department, the undercover police which acts as crime busters in the capital. The bodies of the dear departed soldiers were taken to CID headquarters for processing, authorities said.
The maimed, police said, were taken to Madina Hospital in Mogadishu where they are undergoing treatment. Although no group has taken responsibility for the cowardly attacks, the al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...Mogadishu has been experiencing relative stability for months due to presence of the specially trained soldiers from the Somali National Army and those from the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS]. al-Shabaab has a very minimal presence in the city according to the records available.
BREAKING: At least two soldiers were killed and several others were wounded in a roadside attack on a police vehicle with a bomb disposal unit in Heliwaa district of Mogadishu. pic.twitter.com/3O1Bit9LPC
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