AU Hospital Blast
Kills One In Somalia
An
explosion at the African Union (AU) clinic near Mogadishu's
airport on Monday has killed at least one person.
An AU spokesman, Barigye Ba-hoku who confirmed the incident said
he was not sure whether the explosion was caused by a bomb or a
mortar fire.
’’I have confirmed one dead. I do not know whether it is one
of our soldiers or a Somali. The explosion took place when the
OPD clinic was being closed,’’ he said.
The hospital, run by the AU mission AMISOM, made up of troops
from Uganda and Burundi, is located within its main Halane base
behind Mogadishu's airport.
The hospital treats Somalis wounded in the almost daily violence
in the capital.
Insurgents often fire mortar rounds at AMISOM's airport base but
many lands without causing casualties.
Twin suicide car bombs struck the AU Headquarters in September
killing 17 peacekeepers, including the Burundian deputy
commander of the force.
Uganda and Burundi both have about 2,500 peacekeepers in
Mogadishu with the AMISOM force, which is protecting sites and
Somalia's fragile Western-backed government.
NAN/Yinka
