| 5,805,804 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
Two groups of ISWA soldiers engaged in a shootout in Berdale neighbourhood (Baidoa) in the evening of 21/12 after two soldiers tried to take the gun of a fellow soldier by force for unknown reasons. Three soldiers were injured in the shooting and were admitted to Baidoa hospital for treatments. Security forces immediately reached the area after the incident but no arrests were reported. |
| 5,805,810 |
3.31817 |
43.47315 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab kidnaps a man from Harin clan on the evening on 21/12. Reports indicate that al Shabaab fighters beheaded him and placed his head back in front of his house. SNFG conducted a security operation early in the morning searching for the perpetrators. A man suspected to be an al Shabaab fighter and who hails from Asharaf Clan was killed by SNGF. |
| 5,805,814 |
2.02053 |
45.28967 |
Somalia |
|
Unknown man armed with pistols shot and killed a man working for the Somalia Central Bank in Medina Hospital neighbourhood (Wadajir District) on 21/12. The motive is unknown and perpetrators managed to escape. |
| 5,805,818 |
2.0462 |
45.33407 |
Somalia |
|
A Somali man from the diaspora was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Carwo Taleex neighbourhood (Hodan District) by unknown assailants in the afternoon of 21/12. Some reports indicate that the victim was working for NISA but NISA did not admit the claims. The motive of the assassination is unknown. |
| 5,805,824 |
3.31817 |
43.47315 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab kidnaps a man from Harin clan on the evening on 21/12. Reports indicate that al Shabaab fighters beheaded him and placed his head back in front of his house. SNFG conducted a security operation early in the morning searching for the perpetrators. A man suspected to be an al Shabaab fighter and who hails from Asharaf Clan was killed by SNGF. |
| 5,805,829 |
3.31817 |
43.47315 |
Somalia |
|
SNG soldier killed a woman who hails from Asharaf Clan during a security operation in Goof Gaduud Burey Haraw Village (Baidoa District) on the morning of 21/12. Report Indicate that the soldiers accused her that her son was among one of the perpetrators that beheaded a man and woman in Goof Gaduud in the night of 21/12. |
| 5,805,834 |
3.31817 |
43.47315 |
Somalia |
|
A woman, hailing from Asharaf sub-clan was killed in her house by unknown perpetrators in Goof-Gadud Village (29km NW of Baidoa) on 21/12. The motive is unknown but reports state that she had links with SNGF. |
| 5,805,838 |
4.05523 |
43.24708 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters beheaded a woman in the outskirts of Buur Dhuxunley Village (34km SE of Rabdhure) in the evening of 21/12. The woman is said to have been married to a SNG soldier based in Buur Dhuxunley and left for a few days to visit her relatives. Her body was found in the outskirts of the village by her family members. The motive of the killing is currently unknown. |
| 5,805,842 |
1.9833 |
44.8333 |
Somalia |
|
Government forces overtake several al Shabaab-controlled villages near Awdheegle, killing five. The names of the villages are not known or their names were not released. |
| 5,805,846 |
0.40627 |
41.01238 |
Somalia |
|
A brief armed clash erupted between newly trained SNGF and a local police officer after the SNGF ordered the police man to put down his weapon. The soldiers took his gun and no casualties were reported. After negotiation, the gun was returned to the police officer. |
