3 were killed in an explosion in Mogadishu.
Mine explosion kills 3 in Mogadishu
Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:25:50
Source: AP
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A land mine explosion under a police car has killed 3 policemen, raising the death toll from violence in Mogadishu to 8 since Wednesday.
Mogadishu's Deputy Police Commissioner, Abdullahi Hassan Barise, said the mine exploded just after he had stepped a few meters away.
The explosion occurred in the Hurawaa neighborhood in northeastern Mogadishu. The commissioner said three of his guards were wounded, but a witness said 3 policemen also died.
"We saw the car sent into the air by the explosion, with huge balls of smoke'' the witness said.
A car bomb killed 5 policemen in Mogadishu Wednesday.
Before the overthrow of the Islamic Courts Union last year, they had succeeded in restoring relative order to Mogadishu and the central and south parts of the country.
The Horn of Africa country is deeply impoverished and has been wracked by violence since 1991.
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