ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,788,335 9.93869 43.18392 Somalia Street vendors staged a demonstration in Borama after police and municipal council workers tried to evict them from where they sell their goods on 06/05. The traders reportedly stoned the police and injured some officers. The operation was launched after the vendors left areas allocated to them and returned to the centre of the town where they had been previously evicted from. Police used teargas and live bullets to disperse the protestors. Four people were reportedly injured.
5,788,339 9.93869 43.18392 Somalia Students from Sheikh Ali Jowhar and Adan Isaaq secondary schools staged a demonstration in front of Awdal regional education office in Borama on 06/05. Reports indicate that parents of some students were part of the demonstrators. Police arrested a number of students after they tried to stone the education office.
5,788,343 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at the residence of a local police commander in Baytu-Raas neighbourhood (Marka) in the evening of 06/05. Reports indicate that the device landed in an open place causing no casualties. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,788,347 -0.36029 42.54626 Somalia A civilian khat trader is shot and killed. Though the assailants remain unidentified, al Shabaab often attacks khat sellers and their customers.
5,788,351 0.40627 41.01238 Somalia Unidentified armed men shot and killed a Jubaland soldier in Dhobley in the night of 07/05. The motive behind the killing could not be established. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,788,355 1.71305 44.76388 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at police vehicle in Saraha neighbourhood (Marka) in the morning of 07/05. Reports indicate that the vehicle was carrying two local police commanders accompanying SNG Prime Minister during his visit to Marka. The two commanders were injured in the blast. The perpetrators escaped from the scene. It is not clear if the intended target of the attackers was the police or the government official.
5,788,359 2.05492 45.33 Somalia Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at a police out-post in Caga Dhiig area (Wardhiigley District) in the evening of 07/05. Reports indicate that the device exploded at the entrance of the police station. One soldier was reportedly injured. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,788,363 11.28366 49.1806 Somalia A group of al Shabaab fighters came to Faluja village (75 km S of Bossaso) on the main road between Bossaso and Qardho in order to take food supply sent from Bossaso to their base in Galgala area on 07/05. Puntland Forces from Kala-beyr reached at the village after getting tip off from the locals and clashed with the al Shabaab fighters. The Puntland forces reportedly claimed that they have killed three al Shabaab fighters and captured another five. Conflicting reports hold five deaths.
5,788,368 2.78088 45.49682 Somalia Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at a vehicle belonging to a Regional Administration official in Kulmis neighbourhood (Jowhar) in the afternoon of 07/05. Reports indicate that the device missed its target and landed in an open area. No casualties were reported. The perpetrators escaped from the scene.
5,788,373 1.78586 44.5313 Somalia Suspected al Shabaab ambush the motorcade of the Somali Prime Minister on the outskirts of Qoryooley. Some vehicles on the Somali prime ministers' motorcade were destroyed. It is not known whether the attacks caused deaths or injuries.