location: Garbahaarey
notes: Heavy clashes opposed AS and anti-AS militias in Garbaharey after AS forces attempted to recapture the town in the morning of 02/05. The fighting started in the middle of the night with AS shelling the town before launching several attacks from different sides from 05.00 to mid-morning. Local residents report that at least 26 persons, mostly combatants, have been killed in the fighting. Heavy losses were sustained by AS that was not able to regain control of Garbaharey. 5 trucks full of wounded AS combatants were seen arriving in Baidoa from Garbaharey in the night of 03/05. Anti-AS forces were sending reinforcements from Luuq after the battle.
target_text: location: Garbahaarey, fatalities: 26