location: Buqkoosaar
notes: Al Shabaab fighters carried out an ambush against a convoy of SNG forces returning from Buq-Goosaar village (50km SW of Beled Weyne) in the night of 20/12. Three SNG soldiers were killed and seven others were injured during the ambush and subsequent armed clash. Casualties from al Shabaab side could not be established.
target_text: location: Buqkoosaar, fatalities: 3