Thursday, 07 February 2008

SOMALIA: Explosions in Bosasso leave 21 dead, dozens injured

NAIROBI, 6 February 2008 (IRIN) - Explosions in the port town of Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, killed 21 people and injured 69 others on 5 February, a senior official said.
"At around 8pm last night, two consecutive explosions killed 21 Ethiopian migrants and injured 69 others near the port area," Abdirizaq Hareed, the mayor of Bosasso, told IRIN on 6 February.
Puntland has been relatively peaceful compared with the rest of the country.

Source:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76601

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