location: Bula Hawa
notes: Two assassination attempts took place in Bulo-Xawo. Unknown gunmen simultaneously attacked two prominent elders and a former DC of Bulo-Xawo Ahmed Mohamed Isqurun, who were at the time in two different teashops. The DC was wounded and treated in Mandera Hospital but died of his injuries later in the day. In the second attack an elder was killed and another one injured. At least one of the gunmen crossed the border to Kenya after the attack and shot dead a civilian who tried to alert the local community about his presence.
target_text: location: Bula Hawa, fatalities: 2