Six people were killed and two others were wounded following AMISOM shelling near Janale.
Eyewitness in Faranko five kilometres outskirts of Janale said three boys and three women were killed when shells hit their house on Wednesday.
Two children were also wounded in the shelling and now treated at Madina referral hospital in Mogadishu.
Locals said AMISOM forces of Burundian contingents shelled the area while evacuating their base.
It is not immediately clear what provoked the attack that resulted innocent civilian deaths.
AMISOM did not comment on the attack but has previously apologised for the similar attacks that resulted civilian deaths.