Roadside/IED Documented

Two aid workers killed and six wounded in Hargeisa

Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia United Nations
2 killed 6 wounded

Two UN national staff security assistant and a driver killed and 6 UN national staff were critically injured in the blast from a suicide vehicle bombing at a UN agency coumpound. An unknown vehicle driven by an unknown male individual drove up to the compound main gate and requested permission to enter. The vehicle and the driver were denied access and the vehicle proceeded to ram the entrance gate. Means of attack recorded as vehicle-born ied. Context raid. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 645.

People involved

No names have been released for this case.