Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
27 December 2008
Afgoi — Heavy explosion targeted to the Ethiopian troops have killed at least three Ethiopian soldiers and injured more others in Afgoi town 30 kilometers south of Mogadishu city on Saturday, witnesses told Shabelle radio.
"The explosion was a remote controlled landmine that was targeted to the Ethiopian troops who were passing around the livestock market and they were going to their military base in Afgoi town in Lower Shabelle region. Three Ethiopian soldiers have been killed in that blast and more other Ethiopian troops have also been wounded," one resident said.
More Ethiopian troops have arrived the scene of the blast and halted the transportation and movement of the people in Afgoi and the troops have conducted search operations around the area where the accident of the blast occurred this morning.
All business centers were closed and the people who were around that area are reported to have fled from there after the Ethiopian troops have come and surrounded there.
This heavy explosion targeted to the Ethiopians troops is part of more other blasts that are targeted to foreign troops but the deadly blast which occurred this morning in Afgoi comes by a time the Ethiopian troops in the town began movements between Arbiska district and Afgoi in the recent days.
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