Somalia Bomb Blast Kills Two Soldiers in Mogadishu

Al-Shabaab fighters conducting military drills outside the Somalian capital of Mogadishu. The US is behind an international attempt to crush the resistance movement., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)

Somalia: Bomb Blast Kills Two Soldiers in Mogadishu

10 August 2012

Mogadishu — Witnesses said at least two Somali soldiers dead and two others sustained sever wounds after a remote-controlled bomb struck their vehicle in Mogadishu on Friday.

The blast tore through a pick-up carrying senior Somali army commander called Cap. Saney Abdulle who has escaped from the murder attempt unhurt, according to the local residents in Suqa-Xolaha neighborhood (Animal Market) in northern Mogadishu, Somali capital.

"I could see dead and injured soldiers being evacuated from the bomb blast site. There were no civilian casualties in the attack which was huge and heard across the village," said a witness who asked anonymity.

Locals said Somali Security forces have been carrying out manhunt over the attack in the area, but no arrests reported. The wounded soldiers have been admitted in a hospital in Mogadishu.

No group or individual has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mogadishu, Somali capital has witnessed several deadly explosions since Al Qaeda-linked Al shabab withdrew from the city last August, 2011 after Somali and AU army offensives.


Gunmen kill journalist in southern Somalia

Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:14PM GMT
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Unidentified gunmen have killed well-known journalist Yusuf Ali Osman, known as Farey in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.

Osman was killed on Sunday in Mogadishu’s Dharkenley district. The recent death puts the number of journalists killed so far this year in Somalia at eight.

The journalist, a former director of Radio Mogadishu had been working with the country’s information ministry.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the killing.

Two men were also reportedly killed inside the Bakara market.

A popular Somali media worker known as Marshale was killed late July after making fun of the al-Shabab militant group on the air.

Reports indicate that about 30 Somali journalists have been killed in the country since 2007.

Somalia, which has not had a functioning government since 1991, is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists.