Ugandan Soldiers injured in Somalia

AUPDF soldiers on guard in Somalia. About 1600 Ugandan soldiers were deployed


By Ben Okiror
and Agencies

FIVE Ugandan soldiers were yesterday injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia, according to Uganda's Leading Daily, The New Vision. The Army Spokesman, Major Paddy Ankunda, however, said the injured soldiers were out of danger.

“One of our vehicles was hit this morning and five of them incurred minor injuries but all of them are stable,” Ankunda told Saturday Vision.

He said the troops, under the African Union Mission in Somalia were specifically targeted, although they did not know which group carried out the attack.

Islamic insurgents have in the past targeted Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies.

In May last year, four soldiers were killed and five were injured when they were hit by a roadside bomb. Three soldiers were wounded when they were attacked by Islamists on October 22, 2007.