location: Jowhar
notes: Al Shabaab attacks an area south of Jowhar, kills five civilian farmers. Conflicting report: according to al Shabaab leader Shaykh Yusuf alias Kaba-kutukade in the Somali Memo, the '5 civilians' killed were actually seven '[criminals] militiamen allied to the Somali Federal Government' who were 'responsible for rape incidents against Muslim women who travelled along that route.'
target_text: location: Jowhar, fatalities: 5