MOGADISHU,
A suicide bomber on Monday rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a vehicle carrying a European Union military convoy, injuring two civilians, police said.
Al-Shabaab Islamists claimed responsibility for the attack against “European Union Christians”, which targeted vehicles carrying Italian soldiers, in a statement on a pro-Shabaab website.
CASUALTIES
“The attacked convoy was coming from the ministry of defence when targeted along the industrial road and … two civilians were wounded. The military truck in the convoy that was struck was badly damaged,” police officer Ahmed Ibrahim told AFP.
The Italian army said in a statement that five Italian vehicles were in the convoy, and a vehicle with four soldiers onboard was “slightly damaged and able to return to the base”
