Somalia: Ethiopians kill one civilian after roadside explosion

Somalia: Ethiopians kill one civilian after roadside explosion
Sun. June 03, 2007 03:19 pm.- By Mohamed Abdi Farah.

(SomaliNet) A remote controlled roadside bomb was targeted on a convoy carrying Ethiopian soldiers in north of Mogadishu, Somalia capital on Sunday and there is no immediate casualty on the Ethiopians.

An explosion was heard around ex-control crossroads in Huriwaa neighborhood, north of Mogadishu early this morning at about 6:40 am local time as Ethiopian military convoy was passing there.

Soon after the explosion which sent a huge cloud of smoke into the sky, the Ethiopians opened fire on all directions, killing a passerby and wounding a number of others near the area. They have started door to door search for suspects.

“We woke up with deafening sound of blast, I tried to find out what happened but I could not reach the area as it was sealed off by heavily armed Ethiopian soldiers,” Ismael Abdi, local resident told Somalinet.

I don’t know he said if any of the Ethiopian soldiers were hurt in the blast.

Some reports say that the explosion missed the target. No one was arrested for the latest explosion and no group has yet claimed the responsibility for the attack.

Meanwhile, in separate incidents, three persons including a policeman were killed in Mogadishu for the last 24 hours by unknown armed men.

The police man was shot dead in Bakara market in south of the capital while two civilians were slain in Yaqshid and Hodan neighborhoods in Mogadishu overnight.

The Ethiopian forces helped the interim government troops defeat the Islamic Courts Union late December last year.

Ever since the seizure of the control in whole the country five months ago, the transitional government and its allies of Ethiopians and Ugandans became targets of low level attacks by insurgents.

A suicide car bomb kills seven outside the home of Somalia primer

A suicide car bomb kills seven outside the home of Somalia primer

Aweys Osman Yusuf Breaking News Mogadishu 03, June.07 ( Sh.M.Network) At least seven people have been killed and dozens wounded after a suicide car bomb was detonated outside the entrance of Somalia prime minister’s home in north of the capital on late Sunday afternoon. Witnesses said suicide bomber who was driving a pick up truck packed in explosives was making his way in the premier’s house when he was intercepted by the guards. “The truck suddenly blew up killing several guards and wounding a large number of people,” said a Somali officer in of the prime minister’s office who spoke to Shabelle on the condition of anonymity. He said he saw the pieces of dead bodies that numbered six. “We are still busy collecting the pieces of the dead bodies. But I tell you this was a suicide bomber,” he said. The prime minister was in the house when the blast occurred. He said, “The premier is fine and safe.” Contingents of Somalia and Ethiopian military troops have been deployed in the area immediately. Shabelle Media Network Somalia