Alwaght-Somalis have condemned US-led forces for killing civilians, including three children, in a military operation on Friday.
Families have also refused to bury the bodies of 10 loved ones until the Somali government takes responsibility for the carnage perpetrated during the joint military operation led by US troops.
The village is located about 50 kilometers from the capital Mogadishu, and the operation was carried out on Friday.
Ali Nur, the deputy governor of the Lower Shabelle region, said on Sunday that the bodies would be stored until the government compensated the bereaved.
"We refused to bury them because the government has denied and it still has not directly admitted it killed the civilians," Nur said. “The government should admit it killed the civilians and then compensate."
On Friday, the US Africa Command confirmed that American troops had been involved in the Bariire operation in a supporting role and that the command was probing reports of civilian casualties.
Somalia's military initially said all the dead were members of the Takfiri al- Shabab militant group but later acknowledged some civilians had died.
The government says it has formed a team to investigate the deadly incident.
Dahir Amin Jesow, a lawmaker, said those killed were farmers who had armed themselves against a rival group.
Over the recent past there has been growing US incursions in the Horn of Africa nation, which has been torn apart by civil war since 1991. US forces have also carried out aerial attacks on the country using drones to ostensibly target terrorists but civilians, including women and children are the major casualties of the incursions. In May this year a US army trooper was killed and two injured during in an operation outside the Somali capital Mogadishu.
The civilian casualties come several months after US President Donald Trump approved to expand US involvement in military operations inside Somalia.
