Terror Watch

Somali police kills a young woman and injures a journalist in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Amid an increasing police brutality in Somalia capital, Somali police shot dead a young woman on Wednesday night in an apparent targeted attack in Hodan district, family and eyewitnesses said.

Militants attack Somali army bases as hundreds of unpaid soldiers went on strike in Mogadishu

GALKAYO (HORN OBSERVER) At least two Somali soldiers have been confirmed dead as dozen more others wounded after al-Shabaab suicide car bomber rammed a military base in central Somalia region of Mudug on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.

Car explosion kills 4 civilians in Somalia's capital

MOGADISHU, (Horn Observer) At least four civilians, among a mother and a child have been killed on Thursday after a car loaded with explosives went off at Mogadishu's Taleeh neighborhood, witnesses said.

Somali police officer kills a street vendor who refused to accept unfit banknotes

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Omar Hassan Moalim, a street vendor has joined into a long list of victims killed by Somalia police in Mogadishu amid an increasing police brutality.

AMISOM statement on civilian casualties in Janaale

Mogadishu, 9th June, 2020 – At approximately 9:00 a.m. on June 8, 2020, Al-Shabaab terrorists laid an ambush on a main supply route in an area North East of Janaale, in the Lower Shabelle region.

Somali investigators identify but can not name officers who rounded and murdered eight health workers in Gololey

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali investigators have identified military officers who rounded up and murdered eight health workers in Gololey village last week, three senior officials told Horn Observer in an exclusive interviews on Wednesday and Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: How eight health workers were rounded up and murdered by Somali military in Gololey

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) On Wednesday afternoon, May 27th, around 1.30pm, Muse Mahi, 56-years-old, has finished his midday prayers in the mosque just next to the Mother and Child Health centre (MCH) in Gololey village in the Middle Shabelle region. Suddenly he saw an armed man with AK-47 wearing Somali…

Killing of health workers from rural clinic an appalling tragedy: ICRC

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was deeply shocked by the killing of eight people in Gololey village in the Balcad district in Somalia's Hirshabelle State on Wednesday.

Somali govt forces execute eight young health workers in Middle Shabelle

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali national army on Wednesday executed eight young professionals in a cold blooded manner following an al-Shabaab attack in Gololey village in Bal'ad District, Middle Shabelle region, relatives and eyewitnesses told Horn Observer.

Blast kills 2 in Somalia's Capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least two people including a senior police after a blast a car carrying the police officer in Mogadishu's Hamarwein district, witnesses and officials said.