Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
30 November 2008
Baidoa — Three blasts have rocketed Baidoa town, a seat of Somali transitional Federal government on Sunday, witness said.
At least two people have been killed and more than ten others have been injured.
The explosions have been targeted to three places including the main market of the city, our reporter said, quoting witnesses.
It is yet unknown who carried out the attacks.
The situation of the city is tense as the police patrolling the main street of the city.
The Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies have come under daily attacks by Islamists who oppose their presence in Somalia.
The Islamic Courts Union had taken control much of southern Somalia before they were ousted in 2006.
President Abdullahi Yusuf recently said his government controls only two cities - Baidoa and the capital, Mogadishu.
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