location: Gaalkacyo
notes: Armed militiamen in a pick-up truck opened fire and indiscriminately shot at civilians sitting in a tea shop in the vicinity of Ambassador Hotel in Galkacyo South. The attack resulted in the death of 4 to 6 persons and the injury of 12 others. Locals accuse the perpetrators of being from the Majerteen/Omar Mohamud sub-clan and the attack a retaliatory action for the ambush on a passenger bus that had occurred on 06/06 close to Balli-Busle.
target_text: location: Gaalkacyo, fatalities: 5