ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻdli bɪkˈʌz ʌv hɪz mˈɛmbɚʃˌɪp ɪnðə dˈæɹɑːd klˈæn fˈæmɪli, ˈɔːl, ɐlˈɔŋ wɪð θɹˈiː ʌv hɪz tʃˈɪldɹən, wʌz kˈɪld ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti wˈʌn, æt ðə hˈaɪt ʌvðə sˈɪvəl ʌnɹˈɛst ðæt ɡɹˈɪpt ðə tˈaʊn ʌv bᵻlˈɛdwɪn ɪnðə hˈɪɚɹˌɑːn ɹˈiːdʒən.
Reportedly because of his membership in the Darod clan family, Awl, along with three of his children, was killed in 1991, at the height of the civil unrest that gripped the town of Beledweyne in the Hiiraan region.