location: Cabudwaaq
notes: Unidentified armed men open fire at an INGO staffs on their way back from a mission traveling in a 4x4 vehicle in Baltag village (32km W of Cabud Waaq) in the Somalia-Ethiopia border region in the morning of 20/07. Reports indicate that the INGO security escorts fired back in response to the attack. One man (Mareehan) from the attackers side were killed during the shootout. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the attackers were reportedly belonging to Ethiopia 'Qabaley' (militiamen linked with the Liyu Police paramilitaries who control the border of Ethiopia with Somalia).
target_text: location: Cabudwaaq, fatalities: 1