சோமாலியா: சந்தை தெருவில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் வைக்கப்பட்ட வெடிகுண்டில் 5 பெண்கள் பலி

சோமாலியா: சந்தை தெருவில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளால் வைக்கப்பட்ட வெடிகுண்டில் 5 பெண்கள் பலியானார்கள்.

மொகாடிஷூ நகரத்திலிருந்து முஸ்லீம் தீவிரவாதிகள் துரத்தப்பட்டுவிட்டதால், அவர்கள் இப்படிப்பட்ட தாக்குதல்களில் ஈடுபட்டுவருகிறார்கள்.

Blast kills five women in Mogadishu-witnesses
Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:12AM BST

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By Guled Mohamed

MOGADISHU, June 26 (Reuters) - A suspected bomb blast killed five women outside a busy market in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses said.

Residents said an explosive device was apparently detonated by the burning of garbage in the city's central Howlwadag area.

"Five died, I could not count the wounded. They were all women who were cleaning the streets," said Hawa Ibrahim, a cleaner who witnessed the blast. "We will stop the clean-up exercise. No one is willing to die for cleaning the street."

Businesswoman Hawa Jama described an "ugly scene".

"I could not count the dead, I just glanced at once and ran away for my life," she told Reuters.

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 Islamist movement.

The latest blast came after heavy clashes overnight in the north and south of the city between suspected Islamist fighters, police and Ethiopian troops.

A senior policeman in the north said assailants armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and artillery mounted on trucks attacked police in Horuwa, an Islamist stronghold.

"They attacked the policemen thrice and were repulsed every time they attacked," the officer said. "No policeman was killed or wounded. ... This was the heaviest attack on our forces since a curfew was imposed last Friday."

Residents in the area said three people were killed and others wounded when a rocket crashed into a family home.

One local, Abdullahi Abdi, said sporadic shooting could be be heard early on Tuesday, and that Ethiopian troops had sealed off streets and posted snipers on tall buildings.