Reports from Mogadishu indicate that a mine blast blew up, today, a military vehicle that was part of a military convoy commemorating the Somalia army’s 55th anniversary on the Industrial road, Mogadishu, at a place not very far from the old Cigarettes and Matches plant.
The nature and intensity of the blast was such that no survivors were left alive, the reports said. The number or identity of the casualties, however, were not officially released.
Mortar shells also landed at the compound of the Mogadishu Ministry of Defense were the anniversary ceremony was being conducted. Neither casualties
No human casualties or damage to the property was reported which does not necessarily mean there were none.