Explosion in Mogadishu: no Italian soldiers wounded

(To Greater Defense)
01/10/18

A Lince VTLM, belonging to a convoy of 5 Italian vehicles, was involved this morning, at 12:10 local time, in an explosion upon returning from a training activity in favor of the Somali security forces.

No Italian soldier was injured in the event. The vehicle, with a military 4 on board, was slightly damaged and returned to base.

The explosion occurred at about 700 meters from the Ministry of Defense's headquarters in Mogadishu.

The Italian military operates within the European mission in SOMALIA (EUTM), aimed at strengthening the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), through strategic military consultancy to Somali defense institutions and military training.

The EU military mission works in close cooperation and coordination with the other actors of the international community present in the area of ​​operation such as the United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United States of America.

(photo: twitter)