‘Omar Samatar led an El Bur rising that fled into Ethiopia

Evidence

Meanwhile, in the newly subjected Sultanate of Obbia a daring rising had occurred at El Bur, led by a Majerteyn clansman called ‘Omar Samatar. After gaining control of the police armoury and murdering the Italian Resident, the leading insurgents crossed the border into Ethiopia, where, according to Italian reports, they proceeded to campaign against Italian infiltration in the Ogaden and to prepare attacks on Italian border posts. But apart from this, in the circumstances of the power of reprisal wielded by the Italian authorities, the rising left little tangible trace in the colony itself. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 281

Categorization

• XREF: The flight into Ethiopia and Ogaden campaigns anticipate later cross-border Somali resistance to Italian rule. — connects to: Defeated 1978 coup plotters formed the SSDF insurgency from Ethiopia

Related

• Defeated 1978 coup plotters formed the SSDF insurgency from Ethiopia (similarity 0.85)