location: Mahadaay
notes: An al Shabaab-planted IED destroys a vehicle in an AMISOM convoy near Mahadaay, causalities not immediately known. AU troops clashed with Al Shabab fighters shortly after explosion, causalities equally unknown in the subsequent clash. Sources said AMISOM soldiers have indiscriminately opened fire on a nearby civilians, killing a cattle herder and wounded four others after the Al Shabab militants ambush attack.
target_text: location: Mahadaay, fatalities: 1