location: Belet Weyne
notes: SVS and ASWJ militias were reported to have exchanged fire in Guufaale area to the north of Belet Weyne town in the evening of 15/01. The confrontation occurred after SVS militias attempted to remove an ASWJ check-point from the area. Three ASWJ militiamen were killed and two SVS militiamen were injured. Unconfirmed reports indicate that ENDF soldiers intervened to separate the two groups and that one SVS militiamen killed an ENDF soldier, prompting the Ethiopian military to disarm and arrest a number of SVS men. The ASWJ forces remained in position.
target_text: location: Belet Weyne, fatalities: 0