location: Qoton
notes: Somaliland police officer shot and killed a prominent businessman in Qoton village (77km SE of Hargeisa) in the afternoon of 22/03. The victim was accompanying minister of health who in a mission to lay down the foundation stone for a new MCH in the village. The motive of the killing remained unknown. Police arrested the perpetrator.
target_text: location: Qoton, fatalities: 1