location: Kismayo
notes: Awramale militias clashed with Raskamboni forces in the morning of 20/12. The fighting took place after Awramale militias had erected a check-point in Dalaad area in Kismaayo. Eight militiamen including a Raskamboni senior commander (Ibrahim Hassan Toh) and five other civilians were reportedly killed in the fighting. Several Awramale militiamen were arrested.
target_text: location: Kismayo, fatalities: 13