location: Leego
notes: Al Shabaab fighters ambushed a car carrying the new District Commissioner for Buur Hakaba District between Leego and Yaaq Biri Weyne villages in the morning of 06/12, killing the District Commissioner and his three bodyguards. The District Commissioner hails from Rahaweyn/Eelay and was a Somali diaspora from Norway. He was travelling from Buur Hakaba to Mogadishu when the incident happened. Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack.
target_text: location: Leego, fatalities: 4