What a world we live in.......
Saturday, January 24, 2009
A suspected suicide car bomb has killed at least 14 civilians in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses say.
The attack on Saturday was apparently aimed at a group of African Union peacekeepers but missed its target, they said.
The attack came just days before more troops from Uganda and Burundi were due to arrive to boost the 1,400 African Union peacekeepers currently deployed in Somalia.
Mogadishu's deputy governor told the AFP news agency that the bomber was a foreigner.
"We have one of his arms which is clearly showing that the suicide bomber was a foreigner," he said, explaining that the bomber's light skin tone showed he was not Somali........
The attack on Saturday was apparently aimed at a group of African Union peacekeepers but missed its target, they said.
The attack came just days before more troops from Uganda and Burundi were due to arrive to boost the 1,400 African Union peacekeepers currently deployed in Somalia.
Mogadishu's deputy governor told the AFP news agency that the bomber was a foreigner.
"We have one of his arms which is clearly showing that the suicide bomber was a foreigner," he said, explaining that the bomber's light skin tone showed he was not Somali........
