location: Qoryooley
notes: Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed two militiamen near Busley Daud (25km NE of Qoryooley) in the afternoon of 25/01. The motive behind the killing is not clear. Two conflicting stories emerged, the first suggesting that the attackers were al Shabaab militiamen who acted against armed robbers in the area, the second that that the attackers were Habr-Gedir militiamen who killed the victims for clan revenge. Reports indicate that the victims hailed from the Biimaal clan and that one of them was a brother of the District Commissioner of Marka.
target_text: location: Qoryooley, fatalities: 2