location: Laascaanood
notes: 12 Aug. Armed men, believed to be Dulbahante Liberation Front members, attacked a convoy transporting Somaliland voter cards near Holhol (near Las Anod). There was heavy exchange of gunfire between Somaliland security forces escorting the convoy and Dhulbahante Liberation Front after which the militia was repulsed. A Somaliland soldier was killed.
target_text: location: Laascaanood, fatalities: 1