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Three Somali soldiers were killed and a fourth was seriously injured on Wednesday in a landmine explosion in Mogadishu, eyewitnesses have said.
According to the witnesses, a landmine went off under a car carrying four government soldiers in central Mogadishu's Hodan district, damaging the car and leaving three troops dead.
Somali authorities have yet to comment on the incident.
There was no claim of responsibility. Somali authorities, however, typically blame the Al-Shabaab militant group for such attacks.
The Al-Qaeda-linked group threatened to attack vital state institutions after its commander, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed by a U.S. drone attack earlier this month in Somalia's remote Lower Shebelle Region.
Established in 2004, Al-Shabaab has battled the government for control of territory throughout Somalia.
Late last month, the Somali government and African troops launched a massive joint military operation – dubbed "Operation Indian Ocean" – against the militant group.
The offensive has seen the militant group lose most of its strongholds, except for the port of Barawe.
The port is believed to be Al-Shabaab's main source of revenue, generating millions of dollars from the illegal sale of charcoal to the Middle East.
Somalia, a long-troubled country in the Horn of Africa, has remained in the grip of on-again, off-again violence since the outbreak of civil war in 1991.
By Abdel-Qader Foudi
englishnews@aa.com.tr
www.aa.com.tr/en - Banaadir
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