location: Ceel Barde
notes: Pro-Somali forces and al Shabaab fighters clashed in Ceel Dheere borehole (25km SW of Ceel Barde) in the morning of 05/02. The two sides exchanged gunfire briefly after which the al Shabaab fighters withdrew. Reports indicate that two al Shabaab fighters and a civilian woman were killed in the clash. The woman was fetching water from the borehole and was killed in the cross fire. No pro-government casualties were reported.
target_text: location: Ceel Barde, fatalities: 3