location: Sool Joogto
notes: A group of herders armed with guns, believed to be Habar-Jeclo/Soolamadaw clansmen, reportedly ambushed a water tanker belonging to Dhulbahante/Araale-Mahad clansman in the vicinity of Sool-Joogto village (23km N of Buuhoodle) on 31/12. The motive of the ambush remains unclear. The gunmen shot and killed two Dhulbahante/Araale-Mahad clansmen on-board of the water tanker. The gunmen escaped and police arrested unspecified number of people from the Habar-Jeclo residents in the area.
target_text: location: Sool Joogto, fatalities: 2