location: Garbahaarey
notes: ASWJ forces shot and killed an al Shabaab defector in Garbahaarey town on 17/04. The defector had arrived in Garbahaarey the same morning. ASWJ forces were reportedly acting on information the man had an explosive device and planned to attack them. No bomb was found on the man. The defector was the son of a well-known sheikh in Garbahaarey who has no affiliation with the al Shabaab movement.
target_text: location: Garbahaarey, fatalities: 1