location: Bosaso
notes: About two hundred persons staged a peaceful demonstration on 08/03 in Bosasso to show their disapproval of the extension of the mandate of the Puntland President and of a ban on the importation of fuel from Yemen. About twenty armed men in the group opened fire on Puntland Police Forces, who were on the scene. Following the display of violence the police dispersed the group with heavy arms. One of the protestors and two bystanders were injured in the crossfire. Several demonstrators were arrested.
target_text: location: Bosaso, fatalities: 0