location: Mogadishu - Yaqshid
notes: A blast targeted a combat vehicle carrying federal government soldiers in Yaaqshiid District, northeast Mogadishu. Witnesses said eight people, six of them federal government soldiers, were killed in the attack. The targeted vehicle is reported to have sustained extensive damage. Though the Somali Memo is pro-al Shabaab, any information as to the identities of the perpetrators is not known.
target_text: location: Mogadishu - Yaqshid, fatalities: 8