source: Undisclosed Source
actor1: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-)
actor2: Al Shabaab
location: Bakale
notes: 29 May. An al Shabaab defector shot and killed an SWSPF soldier and defected back to al Shabaab at Miidow village (c. 22 km north west of Baidoa). The perpetrator took the rifle of another SWSPF soldier as well. The circumstances surrounding the incident was not clear. The perpetrator arrived in an al Shabaab controlled area in possession of the two rifles.