ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,779,797 2.06516 45.39 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand at Somali police officers walking on Jamahuuriya road (Kaaraan District) in the night of 11/09/2013. The grenade reportedly landed in an empty space causing no casualties. The attackers escaped from the scene.
5,779,801 2.08438 45.39 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at soldiers manning a security outpost close to SOS junction (Heliwa District) in the evening of 11/09/2013, The soldiers opened fire after the blast. Casualties are unknown. The attackers escaped from the scene.
5,779,806 2.40735 42.97655 Somalia Al Shabaab militiamen loyal to Sheikh Ahmed Godane attacked a group of al Shabaab foreign fighters, killing two of them including Omar Shafik Hammami "Al-Amriki" after an extended firelight in a village about 30km E of Baardheere in Diinsoor District on 11/09. Several Somali al Shabaab militiamen were also reported killed. The bodies of the two foreign fighters were taken from the scene.
5,779,810 3.11718 43.6469 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade attack against Somali forces based in the former Central Bank building in Horseed neighbourhood in Baidoa in the evening of 11/09/2013. The soldiers fired back after the blast. Two civilians bystanders were reportedly injured. The attackers escaped from the scene.
5,779,815 2.0735 45.28 Somalia A RCIED targeted a vehicle belonging to the director of the tax department of Dayniile district in Ciise Abdi neighbourhood (Dayniile District) in the evening of 11/09/2013, Reports indicate the device had been placed in the vehicle of the target and exploded immediately after the official boarded his vehicle. The vehicle was damaged but the official escaped unharmed. The attackers escaped from the scene.
5,779,819 9.55975 44.06678 Somalia Around 150 passengers holding flight tickets from Ethiopian Airlines demonstrated peacefully in front of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in Hargeisa in the morning of 11/09. The demonstrators were complaining about the cancellation of Ethiopian Airlines flights to Hargeisa and were requesting that the minister negotiates with the company to have their tickets changed with other airlines. Some demonstrators moved to the Ethiopian Airlines office in the afternoon and were dispersed by elements of the Somaliland police.
5,779,823 1.64417 42.45111 Somalia A national staff of an INGO was reportedly arrested at his residence by al Shabaab militiamen in Saakow on 11/09 while visiting his family. A sister of the staff was reportedly shot and killed as she was pleading the militiamen not to arrest her relative.
5,779,827 3.85194 45.56512 Somalia Al Shabaab militiamen executed a man accused of spying for Somali forces in Hotel Camaloy Square in Bulo Burte on 11/09. Hundreds of residents reportedly attended the execution. Another man accused of theft and of setting up an illegal road-block also had one of his legs and hands cut-off by the al Shabaab militiamen.
5,779,831 3.85375 45.56744 Somalia Two men who used to be members of Al-Shabab were today executed by members of that group in Buulo Berde. They were shot in public gathering and were accused of trying to assassinate Shaykh Fuad MuhammadKhalaf, who is a top Al-Shabab commander in the region.
5,779,837 4.75 45.2 Somalia Unidentified attackers armed with pistols shot and killed a traditional elder from the Hawiye/Jijeele sub-clan in Hawl-Wadaag neighbourhood of Beled Weyne in the evening of 11/09. The elder had been a member of the National Constituent Assembly in Mogadishu in 2012, and was at the time of the attack the security focal point of Hilaac neighbourhood on the west side of Beled Weyne. The killing is believed to have been perpetrated by al Shabaab operatives, for political reasons. The attackers escaped from the scene.