location: Ceel Barde
notes: Government soldiers killed a man identified as an al Shabaab member during a security operation 40km from Ceel Barde. The man was said to have been unarmed at the time of his killing. He was also reported to have been a zakat tax collector for al Shabaab and belonged to the Hadima clan.
target_text: location: Ceel Barde, fatalities: 1