MOGADISHU - The mayor of Mogadishu escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a bomb exploded near his convoy, the latest in a series of attempts to kill government officials as they struggle to contain an insurgency, authorities said.
MOGADISHU - The mayor of Mogadishu escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a bomb exploded near his convoy, the latest in a series of attempts to kill government officials as they struggle to contain an insurgency, authorities said.
No one was hurt in the blast, which targeted mayor Mohamed Dheere, said spokesman, Mohamed Muhyadin Ali.
"It was an assassination attempt, but luckily he survived."
The explosion came an hour before the European Commission's representative for Somalia arrived in Mogadishu to discuss security and humanitarian issues with President Abdullahi Yusuf. - Sapa-AP