/ 22 July 2001

FIVE KILLED IN LANDMINE BLAST IN SOMALIA

A MINIBUS traveling from the coastal town of Kismayo in Somalia on its way to Mogadishu, 500km to the north, on Wednesday detonated a land mine at Erile near the town of Barawe, after covering just over 200km. This was the fourth such incident in the same area in a week. A local businessman, said three people died on the spot, while two died of their wounds soon afterwards. Most of the injured were taken to Marka hospital, some 90 km to the north, he said. On 15 July five people were injured when the bus they were traveling hit a land mine less than two kilometres from Wednesday’s incident. – Irin