location: Bohol Bashiir
notes: Al Shabaab fighters kidnapped 20 football players, most of them teenagers, in the vicinity of Bohol Bashiiro Village (25km SE of Luuq) in the morning of 27/06. The boys were taken with the mini bus they were travelling with, towards Ceel Boon (38km E of Luuq) while other sources state that they were driven to Labaatan Jirow (an al Shabaab base) located (47km N of Baidoa). The footballers were travelling to Yurkud to play a friendly match with a team in Yurkud. The incident happened after al Shabaab operatives received a tip off regarding the teams travel.
target_text: location: Bohol Bashiir, fatalities: 0