ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,776,166 0.30463 41.43938 Somalia Al Shabaab ambushed a AMISOM/anti-al Shabaab militia security patrol the morning of 24/06. No causalities reported. The patrol was launched in response to an attack on a AMISOM water carrier the previous day.
5,776,170 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at Marka police station located in Beytu Raas neighbourhood (Marka) in the evening of 24/06. Police reacted by firing in the direction of the attackers. One officer was seriously injured in the blast. The attackers managed to escape.
5,776,174 2.04393 45.3 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a military forces' manning a checkpoint at Black Sea Junction (Hodan District) in the afternoon of 24/06. One soldier was reportedly killed while two others were injured in the blast. The attackers managed to escape.
5,776,178 2.02053 45.28967 Somalia An IED attached to a military truck in Medina is discovered and disabled before it was allowed to detonate. Police later arrested two men they believed to be behind the planned attack.
5,776,182 2.04393 45.3 Somalia An IED exploded near the former milk factory in Hodan District in the morning of 24/06. The target of the device remains unclear since no one was in the area by the time of the blast. The shrapnel from the device injured a child sleeping in a nearby house.
5,776,186 2.08438 45.39 Somalia A landmine targeting a public transport vehicle in the city's SOS area in Heliwa detonates causing two injuries. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, though al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for similar explosions in the area.
5,776,190 0.6656 41.8346 Somalia Al Shabaab stops the drivers of two trucks carrying khat, abducts them and burns the vehicles.
5,776,197 10.62182 47.36813 Somalia Perpetrators hailing from Warsangeli/Ogays Labeh sub-clan and Habar Yonis sub-clan carjack a vehicle belonging to a men from Habar Jeclo sub-clan. Carjackings often are motivated by clan revenge.
5,776,201 0.5172 42.071 Somalia Al Shabaab forces launched a hit-and-run style attack against a anti-al Shabaab fighters' (group not named) position in the outskirts of Afmadow in the evening of 25/06. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which al Shabaab withdrew. No casualties were reported.
5,776,205 1.68936 42.96531 Somalia Al Shabaab forces ambushed a minibus carrying government soldiers near Kurtun Village (49km SW of Baidoa) in the morning of 25/06. Five soldiers were killed and nine others were injured in the attack. Reports indicate that the driver managed to pass the ambush despite the heavy gunfire from al Shabaab.