- Title: Attack hits EU military convoy in Somali capital
- Date: 30th September 2019
- Summary: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (SEPTEMBER 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COLLAPSED BUILDING FOLLOWING BOMB EXPLOSION MORE OF EXPLOSION AFTERMATH, REMNANTS OF DESTROYED VEHICLE ON THE GROUND PEOPLE TRYING TO PUSH WRECKED VEHICLE PEOPLE AT SCENE VARIOUS OF EUROPEAN UNION MILITARY VEHICLES / SOLDIERS AT SCENE
- Embargoed: 14th October 2019 12:40
- Keywords: bomb attack mogadishu somalia EU military convoy
- Location: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
- City: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
- Country: Somalia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYUNZ9J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: QUALITY AS INCOMING
Separate attacks hit a U.S. military base in the Somali town of Baledogle and an Italian military convoy in the Somali capital on Monday (September 30), a Reuters witness and a security source said.
A Reuters journalist saw a seriously damaged armoured vehicle bearing a small Italian flag sticker in the capital of Mogadishu. It was unclear if there were any casualties.
Italy's defence ministry said in a statement that an Italian military convoy had been hit by an explosion. No injuries had been reported so far, the defence ministry said.
Also on Monday morning, there was a bomb attack followed by small arms fire at a base operated by U.S. special forces, a security source told Reuters. The Baledogle base is where U.S. special forces train Somali commandos and from where many drone operations are launched.
Somali police said that two car bombs targeted the base, which houses Somali special forces, U.S. special forces and Ugandan peacekeeping troops.
Al Shabaab is fighting to overthrow the weak, U.N.-backed Somali government and enforce its own strict version of Islamic law. Somalia has been riven by civil war since 1991, when warlords overthrew a dictator then turned on each other.
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