location: Hargeysa
notes: The RRU police (Rapid Response Unit) engaged in an exchange of gunfire with militiamen during an operation to arrest the former deputy minister of interior, Abdullahi Abokor, from his residence near Mansoor Hotel in Hargeisa in the night of 29/05. One militiaman was killed and another injured. The police managed to arrest the ex-deputy minister. The operation came after Mr. Abokor accused that some minister in (Somaliland) government of having links with extremist groups and want to seize power.
target_text: location: Hargeysa, fatalities: 1