The Shabaab carry out regular bombings and armed assaults on government,
military and civilian targets in the capital in their fight to
overthrow the internationally backed government in Mogadishu. AFP PHOTO
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.
"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".
"No Italian soldiers were injured in the event", which took place some 700 metres from the defence ministry.
The
European Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM) was launched in 2010 to
strengthen the country's transitional government by offering military
advice and training.
Somalia collapsed into civil war
in 1991 that destroyed state institutions and has been wracked by an
Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgency since 2006.
The
Shabaab carry out regular bombings and armed assaults on government,
military and civilian targets in the capital in their fight to overthrow
the internationally backed government in Mogadishu.
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