Somalia: A bomb explosion kills five including 4 Somali policemen
Aweys Osman Yusuf
Mogadishu 22, June.07 ( Sh.M.Network) A huge bomb blast was targeted at a Somali police pick-up truck carrying at least 10 government police forces near the main seaport of Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Friday.
Witnesses told Shabelle that they saw 4 policemen who were bleeding being dragged from the truck which was badly damaged by the strong blast and also ten year old boy dead in the blast.
The explosion occurred amid a large number of Ethiopian troops massed Mogadishu’s biggest market, Bakara, conducting house-to-house search operations.
A curfew is due to be imposed on the whole capital today from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am local time.
Somalia’s national security committee revealed Thursday that a curfew would be imposed on Mogadishu, the Somali capital. The committee which is made up diverse government officials that are under the direct command of Somalia President Abdulahi Yusuf said the curfew was imposed to pacify the volatile capital.
Mohammed Warsame Darwish, the leader of the committee, told journalists in a news conference he held in Mogadishu yesterday that government soldiers were geared up to battle with the insurgents who carry out their hit-and-run attack on the government and Ethiopian bases in Mogadishu overnight.
Unconfirmed reports say the vehicle hit a roadside bomb placed on the roadside near Mogadishu seaport.
No group has claimed responsibility
