Two blasts were heard in Mogadishu on Wednesday and residents said the explosions targeted African Union peace keepers known as AMISOM and Somali police forces who were checking mines on the road to the airport.
Witnesses said that the AU soldiers collected two injured AMOSOM soldiers from the scene. There is no contact these days from AMISOM spokesperson in Mogadishu.
No group has claimed the responsibility of the attack yet, but the blasts against government soldiers and foreign troops often claim by al-Shabab Islamists who vowed to continue fighting against the AU troops until they withdraw from the country.
Separately, reports from southern Somalia say fighting is ongoing in Rabdhure town where al-Shabab militia controls.
The fighting started after pro government soldiers attacked the Shabab. The two militias have been fighting in the region since the Ethiopian troops fled from Somalia in January.
amsomalia@mareeg.com
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