Balad, Somalia

Balcad
Town
Balcad is located in Somalia
Balcad
Balcad
Location in Somalia
Coordinates: 2°39′N 45°3′E / 2.650°N 45.050°E / 2.650; 45.050
CountrySomalia, Hirshabeelle State
RegionMiddle Shabelle
DistrictBalcad
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Bal'ad District (Somali: Degmada Balcad) is one of the districts of Middle Shabelle region of Somalia. It is located about 36 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Mogadishu.

Conflict

During the spring of 1905, in the last years of Menelik II's expansions, a force of several thousand Ethiopian horseman armed with rifles pushed into the Shabelle valley near Balad. Only a day's march from Mogadishu, several clans residing in the region rose up to engage in battles with the invading forces and defeated them.[1]

In December 2021, Balad town was attacked by Al Shabaab fighters. At least eight people were killed in the fighting.[2] On 9 June, 2022, Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a landmine explosion targeting the Danab Brigade early in the morning on the outskirts of the town, which they claim killed at least 15 soldiers and destroyed one vehicle.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cassanelli, Lee V. (1982). The Shaping of Somali Society: Reconstructing the History of a Pastoral People, 1600-1900. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 199–201. ISBN 978-0-8122-7832-3.
  2. ^ "Somalia's Al-Shabab Fighters Kill at Least 7 in Attack Near Capital". VOA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Al-Shabaab claims it killed 15 Somali soldiers in blast". shabellemedia.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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