Mr Abdul Rahman said the rebels had ambushed an armoured personnel carrier, killing five soldiers and wounding several others.

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In Mogadishu visitors are greeted by chaos and bundled into the back of an armoured personnel carrier for their own safety.

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They were thrown into the back of an armoured personnel carrier and that a soldier fired a canister of CS gas inside, he said.

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We saw some even clamber on to an armoured personnel carrier and dance with the troops and another soldier laughing and wrapping himself in the blue flag of Suez.

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Despite being repeatedly driven over by the convoy ahead of him, the device detonated as Pte Hunt negotiated a steep river bank, ripping out the underside of the armoured personnel carrier.

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