Incident Summary:

12/10/2020: Assailants publicly executed a man accused of being a sorcerer in Tayeeglow district, Bakool, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident; however, sources attributed the attack to Al-Shabaab.

GTD ID:
202012100018

When:
2020-12-10

Country:
Somalia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Bakool

City:
Tayeeglow district

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property
Name of Entity Not Applicable
Specific Description Civilian: Issack Hassan Daud
Nationality of Target Somalia
Additional Information
Hostages Yes
Number of Hostages 1
US Hostages 0
Outcome Hostage(s) killed (not during rescue attempt)
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Unknown
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
Al-Shabaab 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
"Terrorism Digest: 10-11 Dec 20," BBC Monitoring, December 11, 2020.