source: Shabelle Media Network
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Somalia)
actor2: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-)
location: Balcad
notes: 14 August 2018: Unidentified gunmen riding on a auto-rickshaw (Bajaj) reportedly attacked a security checkpoint manned by Somali National Army soldiers in the Bal'ad area north of the capital. Several people were reportedly wounded during the gunbattle, which lasted just over an hour.