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Somalia: Explosion, gunfire kill 4 Ethiopian troops, 2 civilians in southwestern Somalia
Wed. April 30, 2008 02:20 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -
(SomaliNet) Witnesses in Somalia said on Tuesday that an explosion in southwestern Somalia killed four Ethiopian troops and the subsequent gunfire killed two civilians.
Asha Madey Abdi, a local resident said the explosion Monday afternoon in Baidoa, 155 miles southwest of the capital, also wounded two Ethiopian soldiers.
The Ethiopian troops had opened fire after the explosion, killing two civilians and wounding another two. It was not clear what caused the blast, Sheik Muqtar Roble said.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian troops supporting the shaky transitional government come under daily attack from Islamic insurgents, whom they kicked out of the capital in December 2006. The insurgents, who vow to fight an Iraq-style insurgency, receive support from Ethiopia's archenemy Eritrea.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991. It is impoverished, riven between warring clans and awash with weapons. -AFP
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