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Reuters, Baidoa

A roadside bomb killed eight Somali government soldiers and wounded six others when it tore through a convoy in the central town of Baidoa on Wednesday, witnesses said.

Islamist insurgents from the al Shabaab militia who are battling the interim government and its Ethiopian military allies had vowed to retaliate after a U.S. air strike killed their leader last week.

Witness Abdiqadir Aden said the blast destroyed one military vehicle as the convoy drove into Baidoa from a nearby army camp.