Incident Summary:

01/19/2010: On Tuesday night, unidentified militants shot and wounded Mahammed Hassan Jibril, a parliamentarian, in an assassination attempt in Jibril's bookshop in Bosasso, Puntland, Somalia. He later died in the hospital. No group has claimed responsibility.

GTD ID:
201001190017

When:
2010-01-19

Country:
Somalia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Bari

City:
Bosaso

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity
Specific Description A parliamentarian was targeted in this incident.
Nationality of Target Somalia
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Firearms Unknown Gun Type
Weapon Details
Unknown firearms were used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
Jane’s Intelligence, “Militants Wound Parliamentarian in Somalia's Puntland,” Terrorism Watch Report, January 20, 2010.
Garowe Online, “Another Puntland MP Killed, Suspect Caught,” LexisNexis Academic, Garowe Online, January 19, 2010.