Somali Islamists attack African peacekeepers - Yahoo! News: "MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somalia's hardline Shebab insurgents on Saturday attacked African Union peacekeepers for the first time since Ethiopian troops pulled out from Mogadishu earlier this week, officials said.
The Islamist militia, which had vowed to target the AU following Ethiopia's withdrawal, 'opened gun and mortar fire on the Burundian contingent's camp' at the former military academy, resident Abdullahi Moalim Ashkir told AFP.
'They attacked our second battalion in the Kuliyadda area late this afternoon but there were no casualties,' said a Burundian army official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media."
The Islamist militia, which had vowed to target the AU following Ethiopia's withdrawal, 'opened gun and mortar fire on the Burundian contingent's camp' at the former military academy, resident Abdullahi Moalim Ashkir told AFP.
'They attacked our second battalion in the Kuliyadda area late this afternoon but there were no casualties,' said a Burundian army official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media."
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