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US troops open fire in Somalia

Thursday 12 August 1993 23:02 BST
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US troops shot and wounded at least three Somali men when they fired on a crowd of about 3,000 demonstrating against the United Nations, Reuter reports from Mogadishu. The streets of the cities had been tense since Sunday, when gunmen ambushed a US military convoy, killing four soldiers.

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