2 killed in bomb blast at Somalia refugee camp

PanARMENIAN.Net - A bomb exploded in a crowded refugee camp in Somalia's capital on Thursday, January 1,9 only minutes after a group of UN officials and international journalists left the site. The blast killed two Somalis.

Yasmin Ali, the camp organizer, said one refugee and one Somali soldier died. At least three people were wounded, The Associated Press reported.

Journalists from international agencies like The Associated Press, AFP, BBC and the Spanish newspaper El Pais were on a one-day trip to Mogadishu on Thursday, one day before the six-month mark of the U.N.'s famine declaration in this Horn of Africa country. The blast happened about 20 minutes after the journalists left the camp. There were no senior UN personnel on the trip.

African Union and Somali forces for the most part have forced militants from the al-Shabab militant group out of Mogadishu, but pockets of resistance remain and the militants continue to carry out strikes like suicide attacks and roadside bombs.