The security situation in Somalia remained volatile, with 1086 attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked militant recorded in the past four months of the year, according to a new report by the United Nations Secretary General released to the Security Council this week.
“Al-Shabaab significantly increased its mortar attacks in Mogadishu… with 235 incidents in January, 274 in February, 278 in March and 299 in April,” the Secretary General’s report says “This was due mainly to higher numbers of terrorism-related incidents, such as mortar attacks, improvised explosive device attacks and assassinations. Levels of crime and armed conflict-related incidents have remained steady since January.”
The Aden Adde International Airport zone, in which the United Nations compound is located, was attacked with 60 mm mortars on 17 February, 1 and 18 March and 19 and 26 April, the highest number of indirect fire attacks on the zone ever recorded, states the UN Secretary General. None of the mortars that landed in the attack on 17 February detonated.
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Source: Horn Observer