location: Bardera
notes: SNGF with support of allies conducted a security operation in Baardheere (Gedo Region) on 21/06. According to sources, the operation was opened with one air missile, hitting the police station in Baardheere town. SNG Special Forces were dropped by helicopters/planes and started their assault on an al Shabaab position. Heavy weapons were deployed and around 8 al Shabaab members were killed and another ten wounded. After the assault, Special Forces were picked again by helicopter/plane and returned to their base. In this surprise attack, no SNGF casualties were reported. Unconfirmed reports indicate that at least four high ranking al Shabaab senior members were killed although no al Shabaab bodies or injured were taken away by plane. (Sheik Fidow, Barre Qooje, Sheik Shacir and Abu Daaud, Senior al Shabaab members were supposedly killed).
target_text: location: Bardera, fatalities: 8