{"id":11951,"date":"2023-04-03T22:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=11951"},"modified":"2023-04-06T10:56:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T10:56:03","slug":"au-peacekeepers-convoy-hit-by-explosive-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2023\/04\/03\/au-peacekeepers-convoy-hit-by-explosive-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"AU peacekeepers convoy hit by explosive in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0<\/strong>An African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) convoy was hit by explosion in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, with no word yet on possible casualties.<\/p>\n

Osman Ahmed, a security officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu over the phone that the convoy was hit near Somalia\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in the capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were targeted while traveling between the KM4 and KM5 intersections in Mogadishu. We suspect the attack was a landmine explosion planted near the road and an investigation is underway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that the African Union troops in the convoy had been conducting their daily routines in Mogadishu at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know how many were killed because the AU troops cut off the road from the rest of the capital after the explosion,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for recent attacks in the Horn of Africa country.<\/p>\n

The group has been fighting against the Somali government and the African Union mission since 2007.<\/p>\n

Somalia has been plagued by insecurity for years, with the terror groups al-Shabaab and Daesh\/ISIS being the main threats.<\/p>\n

The African Union mission is supposed to transition Somali from peacekeeping troops to domestic forces taking full responsibility for security, with its mandate due to expire at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

Source: Anadolu Agency\u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0An African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) convoy was hit by explosion in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, with no word yet on possible casualties. Osman Ahmed, a security officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu over the phone that the convoy was hit near Somalia\u2019s Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in the capital. \u201cThey were …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-protection-cluster"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t