Incident Summary:

11/27/2020: Security forces arrested an assailant attempting to plant an explosive device in Dhusamareb, Galguduud, Somalia. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202011260016

When:
2020-11-27

Country:
Somalia

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Galguduud

City:
Dhusamareb

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) No
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Unknown
Name of Entity Unknown
Specific Description Unknown
Nationality of Target
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Unknown Explosive Type
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 1
Number of Captured Perpetrators 1
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
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: 26-27 Nov 20," BBC Monitoring, November 27, 2020.