Roadside Bomb rocks Ethiopian troops in central Somalia
14/06/2012
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BALADWEYNE (Mareeg.com)-A powerful blast has on Thursday rocked across
Somalia's central town of Beledweyne, the latest series of attacks against
Somali and Ethiopian troops in the town since Al shabab quit Dec 31, 2011,
last year, witnesses said.
Thursday's explosion hit convoy of military vehicles carrying Ethiopian
forces traveling on the outskirts of Beledweyne town, which lies just 350
kilometers north of Mogadishu, Somalia capital, causing unidentified
casualties on the soldiers, according a TFG official.
"The Blast was used a remote-controlled landmine that struck Ethiopian
troops at a remote village located on the suburbs of Beledweyne town and the
casualties are yet to be confirmed," said, Mohammed Ibrahim, a TFG official
in Beledweyne.
Witnesses said Ethiopian troops cordoned off the blast site and conducted
heavy search operation to find out the mastermind of the attack, but no
arrests were made. The suation is reportedly tense and locals gripped in
fear.
No ground or individual has claimed the responsibility for the attack so
far.
Beledweyne, a key town in centralSomalia, 206 miles (332 km) north of
Mogadishu, On December 31, 2011, the Transitional Federal Government retook
control from the Al-Shabaab militants, without gun battle.
