Written by Zeerak Fahim
In a different style attack–grenade thrown on people– in Kuner province two civilians were killed, while 52 others were injured. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for June 9th, 2009
AFGHANISTAN: Blast Kills Two and wounds 52 in Afghan East
Posted by warvictims on June 9, 2009
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Grenade, Insurgents, Military, Region, Type of Harm | Tagged: Afghanistan, civilians, grenade, Military, U.S. military | Leave a Comment »
SOMALIA: Somalia Violence Escalates
Posted by warvictims on June 9, 2009
UNHCR – William Spindler
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 9 June 2009, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Thousands of Somalis were forced to flee their homes over the weekend in some of the heaviest and bloodiest street battles in Mogadishu since 8 May when the latest round of fighting between government forces and the opposition Al-Shabaab and Hisb-ul-Islam groups erupted in several north-west areas of the Somali capital. We now estimate that more than 117,000 people have been displaced by the past month’s violence.
More than 200 people were reportedly killed in the last month alone, most of them civilians. Reports from hospitals indicate that some 700 people were wounded in the clashes. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Africa, Civilian Casualties, Country, Displacement, Government, Insurgents, Region, Somalia, Type of Harm | Tagged: al Shabaab, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Hisb-ul Islam, Mogadishu, Somalia, UNHCR | Leave a Comment »
