| 5,788,169 |
4.54198 |
43.02254 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters launched a hit-and-run attack against Ethiopian Liyuu police based in Washaaqo Village along the Somalia-Ethiopian border in the night of 02/05. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. Casualties could not be established. |
| 5,788,173 |
4.68153 |
46.62342 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab attacks Ceel Bur on 02/05. The target of the attack unknown. Causalities not known. |
| 5,788,178 |
3.16853 |
42.49469 |
Somalia |
|
A RCIED targeted the vehicle of the governor of Gedo Region, Mohamed Abdi Kaliil, in Buurdhuubo Village (Garbahaarey District) in the evening of 02/05. The governor was unhurt but four of his security guards were injured in the blast. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,788,183 |
3.92761 |
41.87418 |
Somalia |
|
The governor of Gedo survived an assassination attempt on his life after an IED bomb was tied to his vehicle. Two of his bodyguards were killed, several other passerbys injured. Perpetrators not known. |
| 5,788,186 |
9.60272 |
43.33481 |
Somalia |
|
Residents of Tog-Wajaale town in Gabiley District took to the streets in protest against the arrest of the former mayor on 02/05. The former mayor was arrested after his successor accused him of grabbing public land and instructed police to arrest him. Police fired in the air to disperse the demonstrators. A bystander was hit and killed by a stray bullet. |
| 5,788,190 |
2.04045 |
45.36 |
Somalia |
|
At least seven people were killed - including four civilians and three policemen - near the Turkish Embassy in Cabdulcasis district. It is not clear if the embassy itself was the target of the attack. Perpetrators unknown. |
| 5,788,194 |
3.80958 |
43.24628 |
Somalia |
|
Pro-Somali government forces (not identified) based in Waajid conducted a security operation in the outskirts of the town in the afternoon of 02/05 and killed an old man who was reportedly an al Shabaab sympathizer. The victim's son is also an al Shabaab fighter. |
| 5,788,198 |
4.26505 |
43.48478 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters beheaded a pastoralist in Garas Weyne Village (49km W of Xudur) in the night of 02/05. |
| 5,788,202 |
4.28994 |
43.70475 |
Somalia |
|
Pro-Somali government forces (not identified) based in Xudur conducted a security operation in Qaydar Edi (28km NW of Xudur) in the afternoon 02/05. The soldiers shot and killed a man they suspected of being an al Shabaab sympathizer. The pro-Somali forces later returned to their base in Xudur. |
| 5,788,206 |
4.39202 |
46.0884 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab forces attack Maxaas on 02/05. The target of the attack was not known. Casualities not known. |
