| 5,773,805 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at the front gate of Bosasso central police station (Bosasso) in the evening of 18/04. Police shot in the air in retaliation to the attack. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators escaped. Police later conducted a security operation in a nearby hotel and arrested several people they suspected of being behind the attack. |
| 5,773,809 |
-1.25001 |
41.49349 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters overtake a village after a brief battle. Three soldiers and two al Shabaab fighters were killed. |
| 5,773,813 |
2.04139 |
45.33372 |
Somalia |
|
A suspected al-Shabaab militant was killed trying to plant a bomb in a busy district of Mogadishu. The bomb detonated prematurely and caused no damage other than to himself. |
| 5,773,819 |
6.24178 |
46.3072 |
Somalia |
|
An armed man hailing from the Bilal sub clan of the Habargedir/Ayr shot and killed a man hailing from the Ayanle sub clan of the Ayr in Xerale (38km SW of Cabuud Waaq) on 18/04. The incident triggered a tense standoff between the two sub-clans and there are fears of a renewed outbreak of revenge attacks. |
| 5,774,099 |
9.55975 |
44.06678 |
Somalia |
|
The editor of a newspaper is assaulted with blunt clubs by two hooded men in the evening of 26/04. It is not clear if the attack was politically motivated. |
| 5,773,825 |
9.47107 |
46.62836 |
Somalia |
|
Two men reportedly raped an 18-year-old girl in Dhanaano village (63km NE of Caynabo) on 18/04. Reports indicate that the victim hails from Habar Jeclo/Reer Idle while the perpetrators are from Habar Jeclo/Reer Yonis. It is not clear if the motivation was clan related. |
| 5,773,829 |
1.71305 |
44.76388 |
Somalia |
|
A person from a unnamed government affiliated militia shoots and kills a soldier regular for unknown reasons. |
| 5,773,833 |
2.02764 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at NSA soldiers on foot patrol in El-Gaabta, Xamar Jab Jab District, on 19/04. The soldiers fired in the direction of the attackers immediately after the blast, wounding four civilian bystanders. |
| 5,773,837 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Armed clashes broke out between security forces and al Shabaab operatives in SOS neighbourhood, Heliwa District, on 19/04. The clashes began when suspected al Shabaab operatives launched a hit-and-run attack on an army outpost in the area. The clashes lasted for only a few minutes. No casualties were reported. |
| 5,773,841 |
2.15 |
45.116 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at a police station in Afgooye. The grenade landed in front of the police station, injuring a policeman and a woman who operates a teashop next to the police station. The police officers at the station responded with gunfire, but the perpetrators escaped the scene after the attack. |
