Somalia media is reporting that an airstrike launched by an “international partner” in Somalia’s Bari region in the northeastern state of Puntland on May 21 killed four civilians, including three children and a pregnant woman, following a pattern of rising civilian casualties in the US-backed wars against ISIS and al-Shabaab in the country. At this […]
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“This heinous incident occurred in the ‘Bahaya’ highlands of the Bari region, an area inhabited by pastoralist families. It was close to a deployment point for the ‘Darwish’ forces, and the bombarded area was among those designated by the government as ‘safe zones, far from shelling and targeting,'” Nur said.
The diplomat added that the father of the children survived but was wounded by the strike. “Mohamed Eid Ismail – the father of the three girls – survived this massacre. He is currently receiving treatment at hospitals in the city of Bosaso and is in a deplorable psychological state following the martyrdom of his pregnant wife and three daughters, as well as the severe damage inflicted upon his livestock and his modest worldly possessions,” Nur said.
Kaab TV reported that the strike occurred about 30 kilometers south of the village of Buruc in the Calmiskaad mountains, where the US frequently launches airstrikes, and that there was no information about the incident until days later due to the lack of telecommunications infrastructure in the area. “The injured man reached a place with communication access and informed people about the incident. A rescue team later traveled to the scene,” a local Buruc official told the outlet.
