| 5,778,731 |
2.05492 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab fighters launched a hit and run attack against a Somali position in Xamar Jadid neighbourhood (Wardhiigley District) in the night of 19/08. The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire for few minutes after which the attackers withdrew. Casualties are unknown. |
| 5,778,735 |
2.05492 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers threw several hand grenades at a military base in Wardhiigley District in the evening of 19/08. The soldiers responded by firing in the suspected directions. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators managed to escape. |
| 5,778,739 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
A Puntland police officer shot and killed a fellow officer for unknown reason. |
| 5,778,742 |
2.78088 |
45.49682 |
Somalia |
|
Hundreds of people, mostly women and children, took to the streets of the southern Somali town of Jowhar to protest against the decision by the medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, to pull its staff from Somalia. |
| 5,778,746 |
2.02764 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
Somali forces discovered an IED planted between Marion Gate and Police Academy in Hamar Jab Jab District while travelling on this road in the morning of 19/08. The Somali EOD team dismantled the device safely. Somali/AMISOM forces closed the area during the exercise. |
| 5,778,750 |
2.02764 |
45.33 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified armed men dressed in military uniforms shot and killed a civilian man in Ansalatoti Market (Xamar Jab Jab District) in the morning of 19/08. The victim use to deliver meat to hotels in Mogadishu using his donkey cart. The motive of the killing is unknown. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,778,756 |
11.28366 |
49.1806 |
Somalia |
|
A police officer opened fire at a private car and killed the driver at Gaaca area in Bosasso District in the evening of 19/08. The motive is unknown. The perpetrator escaped. The victim hailed from Darood/Arab Salah, though his clan identity may not have been a motivation for the shooting. |
| 5,778,760 |
2.04393 |
45.3 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at soldiers on foot patrol at Shaqalaha Junction (Hodan District) in the evening of 20/08. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,778,764 |
2.15 |
45.116 |
Somalia |
|
Two groups of Somali-SNG forces clashed in K50 area in Afgooye District in the afternoon of 20/08 following an escalated dispute over money extorted from public transport vehicles. Casualties are unknown. Causalities unknown. |
| 5,778,768 |
2.78088 |
45.49682 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a NSA soldier in Hanti-Wadaag neighbourhood (Jowhar) in the night of 20/08. The motive of the killing is unknown. The perpetrators escaped. |
