location: Balcad
notes: Somali soldiers and Shiidle clan militias clashed in Yaaqle village in the morning of 02/02. The clash is reported to be linked to a land dispute - The fighting broke out after quarrel over farmland tax degenerated into shoot-out. At least three persons were killed and an unknown number injured. The soldiers may have been of Abgal clan, though that is speculation.
target_text: location: Balcad, fatalities: 3