location: Laanta Garaska
notes: SNG forces on security patrol clashed with al Shabaab fighters in Laanta Garaska (8km N of Waajid) in the afternoon of 08/10. Reports indicate that the two sides engaged heavy fighting after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. A SNG soldier was killed and another one was injured. Casualties from al Shabaab side could not be established.
target_text: location: Laanta Garaska, fatalities: 1