location: Hobyo
notes: A Toyota Land-Cruiser driving from Camaara to Mogadishu carrying a former INGO staff suspected of having organized the kidnapping of two of his colleagues in Galkacyo in October 2011 was ambushed by a group of pirates from the Saleban sub-clan in the morning of 26/01. Four pirates from the Ayr and Saad sub-clans were also on-board the vehicle. Three of them were killed and the former staff was seriously injured. The staff was later transferred to Xarar-Dhere where AS authorities reportedly refused to offer him assistance and medical care.
target_text: location: Hobyo, fatalities: 3