location: Kismayo
notes: LOWER JUBA (Area 15) 12 May, c. 1640 hrs. FARJANO: An IED detonated on a suicide bomber as he targeted a JISA officer at Olympic junction in Farjano neighbourhood on the road leading to Jubaland State House. Reports indicated that JISA forces suspected the suicide bomber during a search operation at Olympic Junction. The suicide bomber attempted to escape by entering a car driven by JISA forces official. The driver locked the door of the vehicle and escaped from the scene and the suicide bomber detonated the IED. A civilian who ran a tea-shop business at the junction and her employee were killed. Investigations suggested that the suicide bomber was in Kismayo for a week and travelled from Jilib town of Middle Jubba region.
target_text: location: Kismayo, fatalities: 2