Posted by warvictims on June 4, 2009
By AL-JAZEERA
At least 14 people have been killed in fresh fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, between government forces and fighters.
Dozens more were wounded as government forces intensified efforts to drive out fighters who have pledged to topple the interim government of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the Somali president.
At least five of those killed in what was described as intense fighting in the city’s Jamhuriya area were civilians, witnesses said.
“I saw the dead bodies of five civilians, one of them a woman,” Mohamed Bashir, a resident of the city’s Jamhuriya district told the AFP news agency.
“Three of the victims died when a mortar shell struck their house.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Africa, Country, Government, Insurgents, Mortars, Region, Somalia, Tactics, Uncategorized | Tagged: Al Shabab, Civilian Casualties, civilian death toll, civilian deaths, Hizbul Islam, Islamic Courts Union, Jamhuriya, Mogadishu, mortar attacks, Somalia | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 4, 2009
Published: June 3, 2009
A bomb left in a plastic bag in a popular outdoor cafe in Baghdad exploded Wednesday evening, killing nine people, according to the Ministry of Interior. Thirty-one people were injured in the blast. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Iraq, Middle-East, Region, Tactics, Type of Harm | Tagged: civilian deaths, Iraq | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 4, 2009
MINGORA, Pakistan – Pakistani soldiers stood guard along its narrow roads, but there was no sign of civilian life in the Swat Valley’s main city, nor signs of the Taliban. Across the river stood another militant stronghold, reminding the army its work was not done. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Displacement, Government, Military, Other, Pakistan, Police, Region, Taliban, Type of Harm | Tagged: civilian deaths, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, Military, Pakistan, Swat, Taliban | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 4, 2009
An IDP family just arrives in Sugar Mill camp, in Charsadda district. They took advantage of the lifting of the curfew to flee from their home in Char Bagh, in Swat district. They lived for one month in the basement of their home, in fear of the bombing, and surviving on food stocks. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Displacement, Government, Military, Pakistan, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, Region, Taliban, Type of Harm, United Nations | Tagged: civilians, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, Pakistan, refugees, Swat Valley, United Nations | Leave a Comment »
