Ethiopian forces kill Somali civilians, witnesses say

(CNN) -- Ethiopian forces in Somalia have killed at least 46 civilians after a roadside bomb ripped through their military convoy, residents said. The violence happened Friday on the road linking Mogadishu to the agriculturally rich town of Afgooye, residents said. The civilians were riding in two minibuses traveling on the same road, they said."There was huge explosion, which blew one of the Ethiopian military vehicles off the road," said Omar Nur Abdirahman, who lives in Arbiska, scene of the incident. "Afterward, Ethiopian soldiers started shooting people in the two minibuses wildly."The Ethiopians are backing Somalia's transitional government.
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