| 5,762,106 |
4.73598 |
45.20427 |
Somalia |
|
Unconfirmed report suggest that a hand grenade was hurled at an ENDF water-tanker close to the western bridge in Beled Weyne town on 29/01. The supposed perpetrator was killed by ENDF soldiers returning fire after the attack. A different account of the incident suggests that the explosion was caused the explosion of one of the tyres of the truck, prompting ENDF soldiers to shoot at bystanders and killing one. |
| 5,762,110 |
0.5172 |
42.071 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified aircrafts reportedly bombed AS positions in the outskirts of Afmadow in the night of 29/01. |
| 5,762,114 |
2.03373 |
45.34 |
Somalia |
|
One civilian was killed and another injured after armed groups in military uniforms clashed in Xamar-Weyne District. The two groups clashed following a dispute over money extorted from commuter buses moving through Afar-Irdood Junction. Incidents of that sort or related to illegal taxation of public transports are very frequent around the Afar-Irdood bus stand. |
| 5,762,118 |
2.05492 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
One TFG soldier was reportedly killed after TFG soldiers and police officers clashed over the ownership of a building at the former National Fair Centre in Wardhiigley District on 30/01. A prominent Somali singer was injured during the shooting. The fighting stopped after soldiers from the nearby Presidential Guard intervened. |
| 5,762,123 |
2.0735 |
45.28 |
Somalia |
|
AS militias attacked TFG/AMISOM positions in ex-German Polytechnic compound along Industrial Road in the end of the afternoon of 30/01. The confrontation lasted for around 30 minutes. Casualties could not be established. |
| 5,762,127 |
2.06516 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
A RCIED targeted TFG police officers travelling in a Toyota double-cabin pick-up on Jamahiriya Road in Kaaraan District in the end of the morning of 30/01. The device exploded shortly after the police vehicle had passed the kill-zone. No casualties or damages were reported. |
| 5,762,131 |
6.76924 |
47.43061 |
Somalia |
|
A group of unidentified gunmen suspected of being local Sa'ad militiamen opened fire at an INGO-rented vehicle transporting national staffs from Cadaado to Galkacyo in Dagaari, around 30km SE of Galkacyo in the morning of 30/01. The vehicle managed to pass the area and no casualties were reported. |
| 5,762,136 |
2.15 |
45.116 |
Somalia |
|
AS militias from Lower Shabelle launched a relatively large attack against Jazira village, around 13km SE of the Mogadishu Airport along the seashore in the morning of 31/01. TFG forces based in the village were routed and AS militias took control of the location for around two hours. Medina District militias and TFG/AMISOM forces were sent in reinforcement to expel the AS militias and retook control of the village by the beginning of the afternoon. 10 combatants from the two sides were reportedly killed and more than 10 others wounded. No civilian casualties were reported. |
| 5,762,140 |
2.05492 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
Two young men armed with pistols opened fire at small boys in a PlayStation lounge (shop where youths play video-games) in Wardhiigley District on 31/01. One boy was killed and two to four others injured. The perpetrators managed to escape unidentified. This is the second attack against a PlayStation lounge in Mogadishu in less than two months. The other incident occurred on 18/12/2011 in Macruuf area in Medina District and was a combined hand-grenade/small arm attack, two boys were killed and six others injured. |
| 5,762,144 |
6.76924 |
47.43061 |
Somalia |
|
A suicide bomber, reportedly an IDP from Bulo Kontrol camp In Galkacyo, attacked the residence of Gen. Abdi Hasan Awale "Qeybdiid" in Galkacyo South in the early afternoon of 31/01. The man armed with a pistol first shot at the guards manning the entrance of the compound and Gen. Qeybdiid's driver before blowing himself up inside the compound. Reports indicate that the two guards and the driver were killed but Gen. Qeybdiid escaped unhurt. The AS operational Spokesman Mr. Abdiaziz Abu Mus'ab claimed responsibility for the attack shortly after, explaining that Gen. Qeybdiid had been an obstacle to the implementation of Shariah law in Somalia. |
