BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Somali minibus attack toll rises: "More bodies have been discovered in Somalia, near the scene of an attack on two minibuses outside Mogadishu.
Local people returning to their farms after the attack said they had found a further 16 bodies, bringing to nearly 60 the number of civilians killed.
The Ethiopian forces started shooting after their military convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, witnesses said.
The transitional government backed by Ethiopian troops threw out Islamists in 2006, but unrest is continuing.
Islamist insurgents have been carrying out frequent raids in the Mogadishu area.
After the latest attack on minibuses, witness Sahra Nor Osma told the Associated Press news agency: 'Ethiopian convoys opened fire into different areas where thousands of displaced people were living; they killed everyone on the road.'"
Local people returning to their farms after the attack said they had found a further 16 bodies, bringing to nearly 60 the number of civilians killed.
The Ethiopian forces started shooting after their military convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, witnesses said.
The transitional government backed by Ethiopian troops threw out Islamists in 2006, but unrest is continuing.
Islamist insurgents have been carrying out frequent raids in the Mogadishu area.
After the latest attack on minibuses, witness Sahra Nor Osma told the Associated Press news agency: 'Ethiopian convoys opened fire into different areas where thousands of displaced people were living; they killed everyone on the road.'"
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