source: Undisclosed Source
actor1: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-)
actor2: Al Shabaab
location: Ceel Geelow
notes: Al Shabaab fighters attacked a government troop position at Ceel-Geelow and Qalimow settlement in Balcad district. There was an exchange of gunfire. At least three people, including two SNA soldiers and a female attendant at a teashop, were killed in Ceel-Geelow while five others were injured. Casualties from al Shabaab militants could not be established at the time of reporting.