Somalia: An Ethiopian convoy undergoes a roadside bomb explosion

Somalia: An Ethiopian convoy undergoes a roadside bomb explosion

Aweys Osman Yusuf Mogadishu 21, May.07 ( Sh.M.Network) An Ethiopian military convoy narrowly escaped from a roadside bomb explosion in early Monday morning. The convoy was passing the main road in Dayniile district, northeast of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Witnesses told Shabelle that the bomb was hidden in a pile of junk on the roadside and was remotely detonated as the Ethiopians passed. Wariiri Ali Gabow, a resident, told Shabelle that the Ethiopians shot dead a civilian and detained one suspect. “None of the Ethiopian forces was harmed in the explosion,” he said. Gabow also said the victim was killed after he ran as the Ethiopians were telling him to stop. In a Similar incident yesterday, Mogadishu mayor survived from a bomb blast. Mohammed Dheere told journalists that an Islamic insurgent was intending to kill him. “The bomber was on top of a tree closer to the road which my convoy was passing. My bodyguards shot him down after the explosion,” Dheere told journalists Sunday. At least three bomb explosions occurred in Mogadishu in the past 24 hours. Somalia’s transitional government promised a crackdown on the insurgents following its seizure of the capital early this month. Somali and Ethiopian troops supported by tanks and helicopter gunships defeated the remnants of the Islamist fighters in Mogadishu’s fiercest battle that happened between 24 March and 12 April. Residents including relatives of the victim came out after the incident and took the deceased to his home nearby.