USAFRICOM claims that the airstrike conducted on 12 September in Badhan of Sanaag region, targeting a traditional elder accused of being an Al-Shabaab member, was executed in coordination with the Somali federal government. Puntland authorities have initiated an investigation following the death of the elder in an airstrike by unidentified aircraft, an attack which his family claims was directed solely at him. (Hiiraan Online)AFRICOM(Hiiraan Online)
Four people, including the perpetrator, are killed and two others are injured in a mass shooting when a gunman opens fire on police officers carrying out a warrant at a farm house in North Codorus Township, Pennsylvania, United States. (NBC News)
At least 50 people are killed after a boat carrying Sudaneserefugees catches fire off the coast of Libya, with 24 survivors receiving medical assistance. (Reuters)
Seven people are killed in a shooting by criminal gangs at a pool hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, less than a month after a similar attack at a different pool hall in the city which also killed seven people. (CBS News)(AP)
Nepali police announce that nine prisoners have been killed and 12,500 others are at large after a series of jailbreaks across Nepal amid the ongoing protests. (Al Jazeera)