| 5,772,360 |
3.17055 |
43.40989 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab operatives beheaded a man in Aawdiinle village in the night of 28/02. The motive behind the killing is unknown. |
| 5,772,364 |
2.0735 |
45.28 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab fighters fired two RPG rounds at a government military position in Gubta section near Gofka Shiraye area on 01/03. Reports indicate that both sides exchanged heavy gunfire for around 10 minutes before the suspected al Shabaab fighters withdrew. Two al Shabaab fighters were reportedly killed and 2 soldiers were injured. |
| 5,772,368 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
A hand grenade was hurled against government soldiers on foot patrol in SOS Hospital area (Heliwa District) in the evening of 01/03. The soldiers fired back in retaliation. One soldier was injured as the result of the blast. The perpetrator(s) escaped. |
| 5,772,372 |
2.61945 |
44.89357 |
Somalia |
|
A clan-based armed clash (identities unknown) erupted in Kaba-Hirig - a former army camp in Wanla Weyn District - in the morning of 01/03. Both sides exchanged gunfire after which traditional elders intervened and brought the fighting to a standstill. Casualties or the reasons behind the clash have not been established. |
| 5,772,376 |
4.12303 |
43.89012 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters fired a round of PK-machine gun fire towards a Ethiopian military position on the eastern outskirt of Xudur town in the evening of 01/03. Ethiopian troops did not responded and al Shabaab fighters left the area immediately. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,772,380 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified gunmen carried out a hit-and-run attack against a house rented by a private security officer (Pathfinder Corporation) located in the vicinity of Hotel Bulsho in Bosasso in the night of 01/03. The two sides exchanged gunfire for about 10 minutes after which the attackers withdrew. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,772,384 |
8.95773 |
46.41109 |
Somalia |
|
Police in Caynabo arrested a local journalist, Mr Mohamed Aden Dirir, in the town on the afternoon of 01/03. The journalist was reportedly arrested over claims he sneaked in a camera into a prison cell to interview a prisoner in remand awaiting rape charges, contrary to an earlier agreement with the police. |
| 5,772,389 |
9.50694 |
49.08608 |
Somalia |
|
A lorry owned by a member of the Omar Mohamud clan is carjacked by Osman Mohamud gunmen new Qardho. The victim may have been targeted due to his clan family. |
| 5,772,392 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
Reports indicate that Puntland security forces with technicals started troop's movement in Biyo Kulule and to the east of Bossaso on 01/03. It is believed that the deployment is aimed at contradicting al Shabaab influence in the area. |
| 5,772,396 |
2.03944 |
45.36194 |
Somalia |
|
On 03/01 at about 15:00 a suicide bomber exploded his ordinance inside the Indian Ocean Bar Restaurant near Mogadishu's Lido Beach. Briefly after the first blast a secondary vehicle borne bomber targeted the crowd gathering on the scene of the first explosion. Initial reports suggest that at least 10 people may have been killed and at least 40 others injured, though later reports indicate four deaths, plus the two bombers. An unexploded ordinance was discovered near the scene by a local two days after the incident on 03/03, which was removed by police without incident. |
