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Uganda blames Somalia for deadly Mogadishu shoot-out

Uganda's troops, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia patrol at southern town of Merka in Somalia on July 17, 2016. Ugandan troops killed three Somali soldiers in Mogadishu in a friendly fire. PHOTO | MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB | AFP

By  AFP

The Ugandan army said Monday its troops shot dead three Somali soldiers in Mogadishu after a military convoy carrying Uganda's commander came under friendly fire over the weekend.

Friday's incident involving the convoy of Brigadier Paul Lokech, who heads the Ugandan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), happened when Somali soldiers established road blocks to lock down the capital after two bomb blasts that killed dozens of people.

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