Home
News
In Focus
Business
Metro
Nation
World
Sports
Feature
Opinion
View more »Opinion Columns
Wan LixinOpinion deputy editor of Shanghai Daily
Restaurants get off to a quick start thanks to game-changing policies
High service charges on event ticket refunds call for further regulation
Sunday
- Subscribe
Related News
Suicide car bomb kills 14 in Somali capital
Source: Agencies |
January 25, 2009, Sunday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
A SUICIDE car bomb aimed at African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital missed its target yesterday and killed 13 civilians and a policeman.
The city's deputy governor, Abdifatah Shaweye, said policemen stationed near an AU base opened fire on the bomb-laden car as it approached, causing it to crash and blow up. Thirteen civilians and a policeman died, he said.
"I could see smoke rising near the AU base," witness Abbas Farah said.
At least 30 people were wounded, doctors said.
The spokesman for the small AU force AMISIOM, Major Barigye Ba-hoku, said no peacekeepers had been hurt. "That opposition group has massacred only innocent Somali people," he said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Islamist insurgents have been battling the country's interim government since the start of 2007, and have stepped up attacks since the administration's Ethiopian military allies withdrew from Mogadishu this month.
Some analysts fear the Ethiopian withdrawal has left a power vacuum that will be exploited by hard-line Islamists from the al Shabaab group, which Washington says is linked to al Qaeda.
The international community is putting pressure on Somali politicians meeting in neighboring Djibouti to form an inclusive government with the main Islamist opposition party and elect a new president next week.
The city's deputy governor, Abdifatah Shaweye, said policemen stationed near an AU base opened fire on the bomb-laden car as it approached, causing it to crash and blow up. Thirteen civilians and a policeman died, he said.
"I could see smoke rising near the AU base," witness Abbas Farah said.
At least 30 people were wounded, doctors said.
The spokesman for the small AU force AMISIOM, Major Barigye Ba-hoku, said no peacekeepers had been hurt. "That opposition group has massacred only innocent Somali people," he said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Islamist insurgents have been battling the country's interim government since the start of 2007, and have stepped up attacks since the administration's Ethiopian military allies withdrew from Mogadishu this month.
Some analysts fear the Ethiopian withdrawal has left a power vacuum that will be exploited by hard-line Islamists from the al Shabaab group, which Washington says is linked to al Qaeda.
The international community is putting pressure on Somali politicians meeting in neighboring Djibouti to form an inclusive government with the main Islamist opposition party and elect a new president next week.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
