By Mohamed Abdi Farah

(SomaliNet) An Ethiopian [Woyanne] convoy escorting the body of the slain Yaqshid district commissioner has escaped a roadside bomb in north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday.

Soon after the blast the Woyanne troops opened fire killing one civilian and wounding two others who were walking along the road.

The explosion happened on the road near the mother and child SOS hospital where the soldiers continued their journey carrying the dead body of Yaqshid DC who was killed last night by unknown local militants.

Meanwhile, in other incident, the Woyanne forces killed one person and wounding others in response to grenade attack on their vehicle as they were passing Suuq Bacaad market in the city.

The dead person and the wounded were reported to be civilians.