SOMALIA: Blast kills five women in Mogadishu

Record ID: 352636

  • Title: SOMALIA: Blast kills five women in Mogadishu
  • Date: 27th June 2007
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF SOMALI POLICE GUARDING THE SITE; CLOSE DEBRIS
  • Embargoed: 12th July 2007 13:00
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  • Location: Somalia
  • Country: Somalia
  • Reuters ID: LVA9H8NTB32S23DBXQYD1GKHQE6S
  • Story Text: A suspected bomb blast near a busy Mogadishu market on Tuesday (June 26) killed five women, the latest victims of Somalia's unceasing violence that has killed more bystanders than combatants.
    Residents said an explosive device was apparently detonated by the burning of garbage in the city's central Howlwadag area.
    "I was busy cleaning the streets -- together with my colleagues -- when we heard a huge explosion. We don't know where the explosion came from but we later learned that five women died on the spot and more than ten got injured and are in the hospital," cleaner Habiba Ali said.
    The seaside capital has been hit by near-daily insurgent attacks targeting government troops and their Ethiopian military allies that are blamed on an ousted militant Islamist movement.
    The government is the 14th attempt at bringing order to anarchy since the ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
    Since then, the Horn of Africa nation has been synonymous with lawlessness and unending violence between small warring factions struggling for control.
    The latest blast came after heavy clashes overnight in the north and south of the city between suspected Islamist fighters, police and Ethiopian troops.
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