| 5,773,845 |
4.75 |
45.2 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at soldiers operating in Hawl Wadaag area, in Beled Weyne, in the evening of 19/04. The motive of the attack remains unknown. One person was reportedly injured. The perpetrators managed to escape from the scene. |
| 5,773,849 |
1.78586 |
44.5313 |
Somalia |
|
Unknown armed men believed to be al Shabaab reportedly abducted a local man from his house in Busley village, Qoryooley District, and later had him killed. Unconfirmed reports indicate the deceased was a candidate for an upcoming exercise to nominate a village chairman, organized by the military. The attackers escaped from the scene after the incident. |
| 5,773,853 |
2.04803 |
45.32 |
Somalia |
|
A soldier armed with an AK-47 rifle shot dead a young boy at Baar Ubax Junction in Hawl Wadaag District on 19/04. Sources report that the soldier killed the boy after the latter allegedly defied an order to stop for a physical security search. The perpetrator was arrested by other soldiers and is now being held at the Hawl Wadaag Police Station. |
| 5,773,858 |
2.80488 |
44.08205 |
Somalia |
|
Ibrahim Shatilawe, a senior assistant district commissioner in Somalia's Bay Region was abducted and beheaded by Al-Shabab fighters near Burrhakaba town in a location known as Beled Amiin. |
| 5,773,862 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
Puntland police manning the southern checkpoint opened fire at a vehicle belonging to Golis Telecommunication Company after suspecting it of transporting fuel to Galgala insurgents in the afternoon of 19/04. The driver of the vehicle was injured. |
| 5,773,866 |
2.04803 |
45.32 |
Somalia |
|
Unknown men armed with pistols killed a soldier in Hotel Salaama area, Baar Ubax Junction, Hawl Wadaag District, on 20/04. The off-duty soldier was alone when the armed men attacked and killed him. Other security forces in the area started shooting at the suspects, inadvertently, killing two school boys. The perpetrators reportedly managed to escape. |
| 5,773,870 |
2.08438 |
45.39 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters attacked soldiers manning a permanent security checkpoint located in Ali Turaye section of the Livestock Market neighbourhood, Heliwa District. The attackers reportedly exchanged gunfire with the soldiers but retreated after a 10-minu |
| 5,773,874 |
3.78074 |
41.89431 |
Somalia |
|
A local security militia (unnamed) shot and seriously wounded a civilian man in Buulo Xaawo. The incident reportedly occurred after the armed militiaman opened fire on a minibus ferrying a local youth sports team from Luuq. The bullet missed the minibus and hit a male civilian bystander. The assailant escaped the scene after the incident. |
| 5,773,879 |
6.76924 |
47.43061 |
Somalia |
|
Local militiamen from the Sa'ad clan reportedly carjacked a vehicle belonging to a Darood/Marehan individual while it was on the main tarmac road in Galkacyo (South) on 20/04. The motive for robbery is unclear, though carjackings are often a form of clan revenge. No causalities. |
| 5,773,884 |
9.50694 |
49.08608 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a businessman hailing from Majeerten/Ali Salebaan sub-clan and wounded a Koran teacher (Darood/Ogaden) in Alhamdulilah village in Qardho District on 20/04. The motive is unclear but unconfirmed reports indicate that it was clan revenge attack. The perpetrators escaped. |
