| 5,772,740 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
About 100 al Shabaab fighters are deployed 15km south of Beled Weyne. The strategic reasons for the movement of forces is unexplained and not speculated upon. |
| 5,772,744 |
0.06916 |
42.7382 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab executes three prisoners they had previously captured in or near Jamaame. Al Shabaab may have believed they were spies working with the Somali government. |
| 5,772,748 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a man in Yaaqshid. Both the identity of the man and the motive of the attack are unclear. The perpetrator managed to escape. |
| 5,772,753 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Pro-Somali (unnamed) forces attacked an al Shabaab position in Saydheelow village, 27km NW of Baidoa on 12/03. Al Shabaab vacated the village shortly before the pro-government troops arrived and took control of the village without any resistance. The pro-government militia pulled out of the village afterwards and headed back to their base in Baidoa. While on their way back, they were ambushed by al Shabaab fighters and a brief fire fight ensued. No casualties were reported during the skirmish. |
| 5,772,757 |
2.04393 |
45.3 |
Somalia |
|
Unknown men armed with pistols shot dead an armed Somali soldier in Bar Ubah, Hodan District, on 12/03. The attacker shot the soldier from the back while he was walking on a road near the junction. The motive of the attack is unknown. The attacker managed to escape. |
| 5,772,761 |
2.06777 |
45.35 |
Somalia |
|
An unidentified attacker threw a hand grenade at an military house located in Arafat area in Yaaqshiid District. The grenade reportedly missed the intended target and hit the perimeter wall of the building, causing no casualties. The attacker managed to escape unidentified. |
| 5,772,765 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Unknown attackers hurled two hand grenades at soldiers manning a security outpost located in Daryeel market neighbourhood, Heliwa District, on 12/03. Soldiers at the post fired in the direction of the attack in retaliation. Casualties unknown, the attackers managed to escape. |
| 5,772,769 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
An military special security unit (Alfa Group) conducted a security operation at the Livestock Market in Heliwa District on 12/03. The forces targeted specific houses located in the area and arrested around 102 youths for allegedly being members of al Shabaab. |
| 5,772,772 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters deployed over 100 fighters backed by nine battlewagons in the village of Caloola-Cad (approx. 15km S of Beled Weyne), in a move that may signal some impending attack. |
| 5,772,776 |
9.93869 |
43.18392 |
Somalia |
|
A large number of Somaliland police and military forces are deployed to the districts of Awdal effected by recent ethnic violence between the Issa and the Gadabursi clans in an effort to restore order. The force is expected to create buffer zones in areas such as Abdulqadir, Hariirad, Zeila, Lughaya, Garbo-dadar and Gargaara. |
