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Press TV - Somali bomb blast kills 5 Ethiopians

Press TV - Somali bomb blast kills 5 Ethiopians: "At least five Ethiopian soldiers have been killed in a military vehicle explosion near their base in Mogadishu's Tawfiq district.

Ethiopian soldiers were patrolling near a water tanker in Mogadishu's Tawfiq district, when their military vehicle was hit by a road-side bomb killing at least five and wounding dozen others, Press TV correspondent reported.

The tanker was also heavily damaged by insurgents' heavy gunfire.

Meanwhile, several members of Somali Parliament have stepped down from office in protest against Mogadishu's full support for Ethiopian soldiers in the country."

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