location: Belet Weyne
notes: A clan militiaman shot and killed a high ranking SNG soldier in the vicinity of Hawl-Wadaag neighbourhood (Beled Weyne) in the morning of 16/12. The motive behind the killing is currently unclear. The victim was at the frontline involving deployment of government forces to separate fighting clan militias when the incident happened. The perpetrator was arrested.
target_text: location: Belet Weyne, fatalities: 1