location: Buufow Bacaad
notes: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed two civilians near Buufow Bacaad Village (5km NW of Marka) in the morning of 26/04. The victims were mechanics who used to operate borehole equipment in the village. The chairman of Shalaambood Village reportedly accused the militia loyal to the District Commissioner of Marka of being behind the killings-a charge strongly denied by the DC. The motive is unknown but it believed to be related to clan revenge killings. The victims hail from Ogaden and Habar Gidir sub-clans. The perpetrators escaped.
target_text: location: Buufow Bacaad, fatalities: 2