| Description |
Al Shabaab fighters kidnapped a group of khat traders (17 men and 10 women) from Fuuma Village (25km S of Kismaayo) in the morning of 30/05. The traders had been waiting khat to land at the natural port in the village. Jubaland forces pursued the kidnappers and managed to rescue the traders without any fight in Abdale Birole (41km SW of Kismaayo) in the afternoon of 30/05. It is believed the al Shabaab fighters abandoned the traders but took two vehicles and their cargo (khat) belonging to the traders. They burnt one of the vehicles after it developed mechanical problem. |
