Blasts injure AMISOM soldiers in Mogadishu
Posted: 3/18/2009 8:05:00 AM
Shabelle: SOMALIA
MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network)--Two African Union troops have been injured in a blast that targeted them in Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle Media on Wednesday.
Witnesses said two explosions targeted African Union peace keepers known as AMISOM and Somali police forces who were inspecting mines on the road to Aden Ade International airport in the capital.
Witnesses told Shabelle Media that the AMISOM soldiers retrieved two injured soldiers from the scene.
After the explosions, the AU troops with the government soldiers fired heavy gun fire but no casualties have been reported yet.
Shabelle Media tried to contact the AMISOM spokesperman in Mogadishu, but could not reach him.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the explosions yet.
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