Crime Watch: The Number of People Killed In Somalia, in the Month of November, 2014

Somalia has been ravaged by civil war over 20 years, so killing people has become the norm whether they are innocent or guilty, with reason or without reason. Moreover there is very limited justice served or most of the time no justice is served when a person is killed.

Therefore Goobjoog has undertaken an initiative to document those killed every month under our Crime Watch Project which promotes justice and constitutional rights of the citizens.

We may not be able to document all those killed due to the scarce resources and sometimes lack of access to the affected areas in the country and also lack of basic institutions in the country like hospitals, mortuaries and police service which usually gathers information about the dead.

According to records, there are 32 people killed in the country in the month of November, 2014. 19 of those are killed in Mogadishu alone, 3 in Puntland, 4 were killed in the Lower Shabelle region, 4 in Hiiran Province and 2 were killed in the Central Regions.

5 of those killed are high ranking officials serving in the government; others were business people, religious people, women, journalists and government soldiers.

In the average, there is one person killed every day in the month of November, 2014. Taking into consideration that there were no major explosions in the country which used to kill too many people at once, this makes the least number of people killed in one month compared to other months.

All the killings have one common phrase to conclude, and its “Unknown gunmen did the killing and they fled the scene without trace”.

Below is the list of people killed, when they were killed, where they were killed and how they were killed.

People Killed in the Month of November, 2014

November 1, 2014: A government soldier is killed in the Bakara Market, Mogadishu, especially in the vicinity of Er-Togte Weapons Market. In response, army soldiers persuade the suspected killers and gunned down two.
November 2, 2014: Two females named Fathi Mohamed Mohamed and Fatima Mohamud Omar were shot in the head. Both were graduates from SIMAD University in Mogadishu and were teachers at the time of the killing, two armed men on a speeding motor cycle were responsible of the shooting.
November 4, 2014: One woman is stabbed to death by unknown men armed with knives and daggers in Hodan District, Mogadishu.
November 5, 2014: A Soldier from the Puntland Maritime Forces opens fire at a mini bus killing one passenger in Bosaso, commercial city of Puntland. He was with a convoy of troops.
November 5, 2014: Armed men kills one businessman in Bosaso, Puntland, his name is Yusuf Alim, the killing happened in front Karaama Hotel.
November 6, 2014: A Soldier from the Intelligence Service known as NSS kills a religious scholar in the Dharkenley District of Mogadishu. The name of the deceased is Sheik Hassan.
November 6, 2014: In the north of Baladweyn town of Hiran Region, two government soldiers are reported to have been killed there.
November 7, 2014: A huge explosions happens near Maleka Hotel in Hamar Weyne District of Mogadishu. This came after explosive devices attached to a car belonging to the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture went off. No casualties were reported.
November 8, 2014: A bullet proof car belonging to a construction company called Enes has been targeted with explosives, no casualties were reported.
November 9, 2014: Armed men kill one civilian in El-Qalow suburb of Wadajir District, Mogadishu. We were unable to get his name.
November 9, 2014: Blast happens around KM4 junction wounding former journalist Nuure Mohamed Ali, he latter lost one of his legs after the blast.
November 9, 2014: Armed men kill the head of custodial corps in Marka, Lower Shabelle.
November 10, 2014: Explosion happens in Kismayo, Lower Jubba targeting IJA forces stationed there, no casualties reported.
November 11, 2014: Armed men attack a car belonging to MP Hon. Mohamed Omar Dalha, killing his driver and the head of his guards. The MP survives the attack. The attacked happed in Hamar Jajab , Mogadishu.
November 11, 2014: Armed men kill the deputy head of immigration department Hon. Mohamud Abdi Adow known as Dhabarey, the attacked happened at the KM4 Junction.
November 12, 2014: Armed men kill the deputy mayor/ commissioner for social services of Hawl-Wadaag district, Mogadishu Hon. Yusuf Mohamed Hilal.
November 13, 2014: The locality of Maryan Guban in Lower Shabelle Region, Near Barawe town, explosives was targeted at passing army convoy carrying General Mohamed Jimale Gobale, he is the head of 3^rd regiment of Somali National Army.
November 13, 2014: Dahir Dhere, a high ranking official from the government’s custodial cords is killed together with his son in Dharkeyley district, Mogadishu.
November 14, 2014: At least 2 men were killed in Aabud-Waaq District of Galgaduud Region; they were reportedly killed in revenge by tribal millias. They were both Khat traders.
November 16, 2014: Explossion detonated in a privately owned car kills the driver and wounds woman in the passenger on Makka Al-Mukarama Road, near Hotel Dayah.
November 17, 2014: Two men armed with pistols kill a young man in Hodan district, Mogadishu; the young man was driving on a luxury car.
November 18, 2014: Armed men kill Engineer Abdullahi Ali Anshur of Mogadishu city planning department; Anshur was one of the returning Somali Diaspora to rebuild the country.
November 19, 2014: Journalist Abdirizak Ali Silver was gunned down in Galkacyo, Puntland, he was working for Radio Daljir and Royal TV.
November 20, 2014 : A government army official named Colonel Mogamed Abdi is killed Wadajir District, Mogadishu
November 24, 2014: According to Mohamed Momin Saney, the commander of government armed forces in Mahaas, 2 civilians were killed at a location 25 km from Mahaas District, Hiran region.
November 29, 2014 : Afgoye local government employee was killed in Afgoye, Lower Shabelle
November 30, 2014: Two officers, one from the police and one from the municipality were gunned down in separate incidents in Afgoye district, lower Shabelle.
November 30, 2014: One person is killed, 3 others wounded after government soldier opens fire at civilians in Hodan district, Mogadishu. Officers latter killed the soldier in a failed rescue mission.

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