location: Belet Weyne
notes: A body of a beheaded man was brought to Beled Weyne town by villagers in the afternoon of 04/01. The victim was allegedly taken by suspected al Shabaab fighters from a lorry he was travelling with in the western outskirts of Beled Weyne in the previous night (03/01). The motive behind his killing is currently unknown but sources suggest that he used to work as a tax collector at the local livestock market.
target_text: location: Belet Weyne, fatalities: 1