What the records say
- When
- 13 Jun 1993
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 20
- Coordinates
- 2.04° N, 45.34° E
- Description
- mass shooting in Mogadishu, Somalia
Placed at the town its description names, Mogadishu.
1993 UN killings of Somali protestors
Mass shooting by UN troops in Mogadishu, Somalia
On 13 June 1993, an element of the Pakistani contingent of UNOSOM II opened fire with a machine gun onto a crowd of protestors in Mogadishu, Somalia, shooting approximately 70 Somalis. At least 20 people were killed in the attack, including women and children, and more than 50 others were wounded. The shooting took place in the aftermath of the 5 June 1993 clash at Radio Mogadishu a week prior.
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The source
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