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On 13 June 1993, an element of the Pakistani contingent of UNOSOM II opened fire with a machine gun onto a crowd of protestors in Mogadishu, Somalia, shooting approximately 70 Somalis. At least 20 people were killed in the attack, including women and children, and more than 50 others were wounded. [3][4][5][6] The shooting took place in the ...
15:47 – Large crowds of Somalis begin converging on the target area. 15:58 – One of the vehicles, a five-ton truck, is hit and disabled by a rocket propelled grenade. 16:00 – Groups of armed Somalis from the city of Mogadishu begin converging on the target area. 16:02 – Raid targets captured: Assault force reports both clan leaders and ...
2024 Lido Beach attack. On 2 August 2024, Al-Shabaab attacked Lido Beach in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. The attack started with a suicide bombing, followed by a mass shooting inside a hotel. [5] Explosions and gunfire shook a hotel near the beach, with restaurants and other hotels in the area also being targeted.
September 2022 Hiran bombing. On September 3, 2022, militants from al-Shabaab ambushed a civilian bus traveling from Beledweyne to Mahas, in Hiran, Somalia. Over twenty civilians were killed, and the bombing occurred in the middle of the 2022 Hiraan offensive by the Somali military against al-Shabaab. [1]
September 20, 2024 at 5:10 AM. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Militants opened fire on a security post in northwest Pakistan late on Thursday, killing at least six personnel, the military said in a ...
16 - 35 killed, 350 injured (Per. SNA) The June 5th 1993 attack on the Pakistani military was a major confrontation that occurred concurrently in different parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, between Somali citizens & militias against the Pakistani peacekeeping contingent of UNOSOM II. The incident was provoked by an inspection or shut ...
Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia got seats on the U.N. Security Council in a secret ballot in the General Assembly on Thursday. The 193-member world body elected five countries to ...
2024 El Dher attack. On June 8, 2024, Al-Shabaab militants attacked four military bases and overran the town of El Dher for several hours, killing many soldiers of the Somali National Force. The militants were eventually defeated by a U.S.-assisted airstrike. This was the deadliest terrorist attack since the Aws Wayne debacle. [7][8][9][10]