location: Kismayo
notes: SNA soldiers opened fire on two minibuses at Balad Aamin village (15km SW of Afgooye) in the morning of 22/12, in an attempt to extort them. The buses were travelling from Awdheegle to Afgooye town. Two passengers were killed and two others wounded in the shooting. Locals report that the drivers of the buses refused to obey the order of the armed men who commanded them to stop.
target_text: location: Kismayo, fatalities: 2