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Ahmend Hussein Hassan, 23, recovers from severe burns at the Madina hospital in Somalia's capita Mogadishu
05 Aug 2007
Source: Reuters
 
Ahmend Hussein Hassan, 23, recovers from severe burns at the Madina hospital in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, August 5, 2007. Hassan, a video cameraman, was badly burned by masked gunmen in his studio after he and eight colleagues were held at gunpoint by suspsected Islamic insurgents. The attackers poured gasoline on them and set them on fire. One was killed and the rest are being treated for severe burns.
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A Somali government official displays a mortar bomb recovered after a container full of weapons was seized in north Mogadishu, August 20, 2007 in the government’s latest arms search operations. A landmine blast wounded four civilians close to the venue of Somalia's peace meeting in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, a day after a respected elder attending the talks was shot dead.



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