Remote-controlled land mine blast leaves 5 Somali policemen dead in Somali capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali police officer says five of his colleagues were killed when a remote-controlled land mine exploded in the Somali capital.
Ali Gab says another policeman was wounded during the Wednesday attack in southern Mogadishu neighbourhood of Afisiyooni. He says the land mine was detonated near a police station and as the officers passed by on foot patrol.
No group so far has claimed responsibility.
The fragile U.N.-backed government controls only a few blocks of Mogadishu and has been battling an Islamic insurgency for the three years. An African Union peacekeeping force protects key government officials and installations.