Somali clansmen ambushed an Italian expedition at Lafole in 1896

Evidence

In October 1893, at Merca, as Filonardi and his companions were about to board the Italian warship on which they were travelling, having successfully signed a treaty with the leaders of the town, one of the party was attacked and mortally wounded. In reprisal, twelve Somali elders were taken prisoner and the city heavily bombarded. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 169 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Italian treaty-signing provoked attacks and harsh reprisals on the Somali coast — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 169; Somalis dubbed early Italian colonizers sharifs for their charity

Related

• Italian treaty-signing provoked attacks and harsh reprisals on the Somali coast (similarity 0.93)

Broader Connections

• Italian treaty-signing provoked attacks and harsh reprisals on the Somali coast #exemplifies (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 169
• Somalis dubbed early Italian colonizers sharifs for their charity #contradicts (0.50)