Somali president 'ambushed'

Militants say they ambushed a convoy that was escorting the "self appointed" Somali president.


Afp September 03, 2013
Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohammad. PHOTO: AFP

MOGADISHU:  Somalia's al Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents ambushed President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Tuesday, the militants said, claiming to have destroyed vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades.

Shebab militants say, "We ambushed a convoy that was escorting the self appointed Somali president," Shebab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab told AFP, adding that fighting was continuing near the port of Merka. There were no immediate reports of any casualties

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