source: Undisclosed Source; Calamada
actor1: Al Shabaab
actor2: Military Forces of Somalia (2017-)
location: Mogadishu - Karan
notes: On 18 August 2021, Al Shabaab militants shot and killed a government soldier, on duty, at Karan Market and threw a hand grenade at Karan district offices in Mogadishu - Karan (Banadir). The soldiers manning the security checkpoint in the vicinity reacted with gunfire after the explosion.