US airstrike kills extremist rebel in Somalia
Tuesday 10/December/2019 - 05:00 PM
Intelligence officials in Somalia say an airstrike conducted by the
US military in the country’s south killed an extremist of al-Shabab rebel
group, media reports said.
The airstrike on Monday by an unmanned US drone targeted a vehicle
outside Sakow, a town in Somalia’s Middle Jubba region, killing the rebel and
wounding another, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The strike was conducted in coordination with Somali intelligence
which assisted in tracking the slain militant before the US airstrike.
There was no immediate comment from al Shabab on the latest
airstrike.
