Somalia: Two AU peacekeepers killed

  1. Posted on Friday 23 July 2010 - 10:11
    AfricaNews editor
    AfricaNews political desk with files from Reuters
    Two African Union peacekeepers have been killed in fighting in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A spokesman for the AMISOM peacekeeping force confirmed on Friday Somali Islamist insurgents killed their men and wounded others in violent attacks on Wednesday.
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    "We lost two soldiers and about three others were injured in Bondere district on Wednesday," Barigye Ba-Hoku told Reuters.

    The nationalities of those killed were not immediately clear.

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