location: Baidoa
notes: Suspected al Shabaab fighters abducted a SNA soldier about a hundred meters away from the ENDF defence line at the end of Baidoa airport run-way in the evening of 21/04. Reports further indicate that two other civilians were also taken by the abductors. Initial reports indicated that the soldier was beheaded, which was later confirmed. The two civilians were later released.
target_text: location: Baidoa, fatalities: 1