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EASO Country of Origin Information report — South and Central <strong>Somalia</strong> — Country overview — 77<br />
Al‐Shabaab operates safe houses in Mogadishu where arms and ammunitions are stored ( 689 ). Their presence in<br />
several villages to the north‐west of Mogadishu guarantees the ability to attack AMISOM/SNAF traffic ( 690 ).<br />
The absence of Al‐Shabaab from the Bakara market was of a temporary nature. They have openly moved back in ( 691 ).<br />
They have sympathisers in the market area and the police are only present at daytime ( 692 ).<br />
3.4.9.1 Targeted Killings<br />
Concerning targeted killings, ‘Al‐Shabaab’s strategy of periodically switching targets, which have ranged from<br />
prominent political and government figures to security forces and common civilians, likely aims to reinforce the<br />
message to Somalis that no one is safe and everyone supporting the FGS is a potential target, even people who<br />
are no longer part of the establishment.’ ( 693 ) It is up to the shura to decide which group will be the next target ( 694 ).<br />
According to an international organisation, the following categories of people could be at risk: politicians; UN<br />
agencies; Turkish NGOs; journalists; Somali returnees, especially those who are visible and do not blend in; people<br />
working near AMISOM bases; civil society members ( 695 ) ; women selling food to soldiers; relatives or girlfriends<br />
of government officials ( 696 ) ; members of security forces; and people working for international organisations ( 697 ).<br />
According to UNDP, even judges are at risk of being assassinated ( 698 ).<br />
According to some sources, there are no safe places in Mogadishu for targeted persons as ‘Al‐Shabaab can hit<br />
almost at will’ ( 699 ). If Al‐Shabaab want to eliminate a specific person, they will do so ( 700 ). However, not all targeted<br />
killings can be attributed to Al‐Shabaab. In some cases, the real culprits remain unknown ( 701 ). Clan issues ( 702 ), as<br />
well as personal or political scores, can also be linked to assassinations ( 703 ). The UNDSS estimates that Al‐Shabaab<br />
is responsible for approximately three quarters of targeted killings in Mogadishu ( 704 ).<br />
( 689 ) UNDSS in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 29.<br />
( 690 ) OODA Loop, Security and Political Awareness <strong>Report</strong> <strong>Somalia</strong> for April 10 2014, 10 April 2014 (http://www.oodaloop.com/wp‐content/uploads/2014/03/<br />
<strong>Somalia</strong>‐<strong>Report</strong>‐through-4.4.14.pdf) accessed 16 May 2014; e.g. attack on AMISOM convoy on 17 March 2014 in the Afgooye Corridor. See: BAMF, Briefing<br />
Notes, 24 March 2014 (https://milo.bamf.de/milop/livelink.exefunc=ll&objId=17130038&objAction=Open&nexturl=/milop/livelink.exefunc=ll&objId=17<br />
130025&objAction=browse&viewType=1) accessed 16 May 2014, p. 5.<br />
( 691 ) Security Analysis Expert, Austria: interview by the author, 13 May 2014; see also: SWDC in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection<br />
issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 63; an international<br />
NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/<br />
asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 15.<br />
( 692 ) A diaspora researcher in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 16.<br />
( 693 ) Security Analysis Department, Weekly Security <strong>Report</strong>, 23 May 2014; another source said, Al‐Shabaab ‘wants to send the signal ‘Be sure we won’t forget<br />
you.’’ Sources want to remain anonymous, November 2013.<br />
( 694 ) SYRC team in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 24.<br />
( 695 ) An international organisation in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March<br />
2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 31.<br />
( 696 ) UNDSS in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 31.<br />
( 697 ) A well informed journalist in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 32.<br />
( 698 ) Simon Ridley (UNDP) in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 59.<br />
( 699 ) An international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://<br />
landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 9; Mark Doyle of: BBC, <strong>Somalia</strong> parliament attacked by al‐Shabab in Mogadishu, 24 May 2014<br />
(http://www.bbc.com/news/world‐africa-27554498) accessed 5 June 2014; see also: A well‐informed journalist in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update<br />
on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014,<br />
p. 10; Security Analysis Expert, Austria: interview by the author, 13 May 2014.<br />
( 700 ) Security Analysis Expert, Austria: interview by the author, 13 May 2014.<br />
( 701 ) A well‐informed journalist, an international agency, a diaspora researcher, an international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security<br />
and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 19-20.<br />
( 702 ) An international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 9.<br />
( 703 ) An international NGO in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014<br />
(http://landinfo.no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 15.<br />
( 704 ) UNDSS in: Landinfo/Udlændingsstyrelsen, Update on security and protection issues in Mogadishu and South‐Central <strong>Somalia</strong>, March 2014 (http://landinfo.<br />
no/asset/2837/1/2837_1.pdf) accessed 26 May 2014, p. 13.
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