location: Marka
notes: Unidentified men armed with pistols shot and killed a civilian man in the vicinity of Ruusiya (Marka) in the evening of 24/03. The motive behind the killing is not known but unconfirmed report stated that the victim sent text messages to a number of Marka residents pretending to be al Shabaab member before he was targeted. Perpetrators escaped.
target_text: location: Marka, fatalities: 1