ArmedConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
5,797,890 2.0462 45.33407 Somalia Two missiles believed to be mortar rounds hit CID headquarter in (Hodan District) in the midday of 27/02. One of the rounds reportedly destroyed parts of the perimeter wall of the building while the second one landed in an empty space. No casualties, injuries reported.
5,797,895 2.05492 45.33 Somalia A magnetic IED attached on a vehicle belonging to the Ministry of Interior exploded in Ali Kamin neighbourhood (Wardhiigley District) in the evening of 27/02. One person (the driver) was killed and four others in the vehicle were injured in the explosion.
5,797,899 11.3539 43.4731 Somalia Demonstration by Zeylac residents over the closure of a border. The protesters were dispersed by police.
5,797,903 2.40735 42.97655 Somalia A pro-al Shabaab website published a report that al Shabaab court in Diinsoor sentenced a man to a death for practicing witchcraft and was executed by firing squad in a public in the afternoon of 27/02.
5,797,907 2.0462 45.33407 Somalia Three suspected al Shabaab fighters driving a car approached SNG forces manning a checkpoint at Baar Ubah Junction (Hodan District) and started shooting at them in the evening of 28/02. The soldiers fired back and chased the car up to Al-Baraka neighbourhood in Hodan District but the attackers escaped on foot. The car was laden with explosives and was detonated when the soldiers started checking it. Three SNG soldiers and a number of civilians were injured. A pro-al Shabaab website reported that al Shabaab fighters had used a new tactic to kill 10 SNG soldiers by attacking the checkpoint and withdraw intentionally, leaving behind a vehicle laden with explosives only to detonate it after the SNG forces gathered to check the vehicle, killing 10 of them on the spot.
5,797,911 2.71437 44.50902 Somalia Al Shabaab fighters ambushed an AMISOM (ENDF) convoy in an area between Leego Village and Buur Hakaba town in the afternoon of 28/02. Casualties could not be established.
5,797,915 2.08438 45.39 Somalia A RCIED was targeted against a SNG military vehicle in area between SOS and the Livestock Market neighbourhoods in (Heliwa District) in the afternoon of 28/02/2015. After the first explosion, people reportedly gathered at the scene of the incident and then a second explosion went off, killing two SNG soldiers and injuring a number of others. The perpetrators escaped. The military vehicle was also damaged in the first explosion.
5,797,920 6.76924 47.43061 Somalia Al Shabaab attacks the Puntland chief of customs with an IED, causalities not known. Security forces launched a operation after the attack and arrested 10 suspects.
5,797,925 6.76924 47.43061 Somalia A gunman hailing from Majeerteen/Omar Mohamud shot and killed a man hailing from Madhiban clan in Garsoor neighbourhood in Galkacyo (North) in the morning of 28/02. The motive is unclear but reports indicate the perpetrator shot the victim following an escalated dispute. Police arrested the perpetrator.
5,797,930 2.8898 43.95739 Somalia A group of al Shabaab fighters ambushed a SNG convoy escorting the SNG divisional military commander and the SWIA interior minister in Xawaal Arundi (18km NE of Buur Hakaba) in the afternoon of 01/03. Both sides exchanged gunfire for about few minutes. Casualties could not be established.