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Unrest in Somalia continues
04/01/2007 10:10 - (SA)
Mogadishu - Militiamen fired a rocket at an
oil tanker truck near Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding several
people in the first major attack since government forces took
the Somali capital last week, a government source has said.
"The militiamen wanted to extort money from the tanker
(crew). They hit it with an anti-aircraft rocket. Several people
have been wounded," said the government source, who asked not to
be named.
"The tanker was carrying dozens of passengers," he said.
The source said the militiamen were manning a checkpoint at
Galgalato, about 25km north of the city centre.
The attack occurred on the last day of a three-day deadline
for residents of the volatile coastal capital to hand in their
guns or be disarmed by force.
Somalia's interim government issued the order after its
forces, backed by troops, tanks and warplanes from neighbouring
Ethiopia, routed Islamists who had brought a semblance of
stability to the city with six months of strict sharia law.
- Reuters
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