source: Radio Kulmiye
actor1: Al Shabaab
actor2: Police Forces of Somalia (2017-)
location: Mogadishu - Hawl Wadaag
notes: On 2 January 2021, Al Shabaab militants threw a hand grenade at the police checkpoint near the Howlwadag junction road in Mogadishu-Hawl Wadaag district (Hawl Wadaag, Banadir). The forces reacted with gunfire after the explosion, one militant was killed and the blast injured at least three people including two civilian bystanders and one soldier.