Gezira Beach

Gezira Beach (also known as Jezira Beach) is a former tourist attraction of the city of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

In July 1989 Gezira beach was the site of a mass extrajudcial execution by security forces of 47 members of the Isaaq.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "UNHCR | Refworld | Somalia: Copy of a complete list of names of the 47 Somalis executed at Gezira Beach by Security forces on 15-16 July 1989", UNHCR - The United Nations Refugee Agency, August 1, 1992.


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