(Press TV) – At least six Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers have been killed after a remote-controlled landmine hit their military convoy north of Somali capital.

The Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers were escorting Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, Somali transitional federal parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur Madoobe and the Ethiopian Woyanne Foreign Minster Seyoum Mesfin to a meeting in Baidoa when their vehicle was hit by a landmine in Towfiikh district, Press TV correspondent reported Wednesday.

Eight other Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

The explosion caused fear in the district and all markets and businesses closed shortly after the attack.

Somalia has been mired in anarchy since warlords toppled military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. The interim government’s attempts to restore central rule have largely been paralyzed by infighting and insurgency.