MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – At least two Ethiopian soldiers have been killed and three others injured after a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a military vehicle in central Somalia, witnesses confirmed.
The vehicle was in a convoy was travelling along Elgal-Jiwil road when it was hit by the IED, causing a massive explosion, witnesses said.
The convoy which was part of the Ethiopian military serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was on their way to a town on Ethiopia’s border with Somalia.
A source who did not want to be named said he saw the bodies of two Ethiopian soldiers killed in the explosion.
He said the IED tore apart the vehicle, killing the soldiers instantly.
Al-Shabab group claimed to have killed 30 soldiers in the explosion.
AMISOM has not yet commented on the incident.
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