MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—At least one government soldier has been killed in a landmine and two others have been wounded in the bomb attack in Mogadishu, witnesses said on Friday.
Witnesses said the government soldier died after a remote controlled landmine went off near a checkpoint manned by government soldiers in Wadajir district in Mogadishu.
The body of a Somali government soldier(File photo Mareeg)
Witnesses also said civilians were injured in the blast and the government soldiers opened fire after the blast.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack yet. The government soldiers were reportedly collecting money from buses that travel in the area.
Insurgent groups often attack with hand grenades and remote controlled roadside bombs to the government soldiers in Mogadishu
By Ahmednor Mohamed Farah
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