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2018-01-03 Africa Horn
Suspected US Drone Carries Out An Airstrike Near Awdhegle Town
[RADIOSHABELLE] A suspected unmanned US aircraft carried out an Arclight airstrike in Lower Shabelle region of Southern Somalia on Tuesday, the first raid in the beginning of the new year.

Sources said the airstrike struck a vehicle ferrying 10 people. It’s not clear who were the occupants of the bus traveling on the outskirts of Awdhegle controlled by Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
The details of the casualties remain sketchy. The local administration did not respond to a Radio Shabelle request for comment on the attack.

Posted by Fred 2018-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top
 File under: al-Shabaab (AQ) 

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