US drones attack Alshabab camp, kills nearly 100 fighters
US drones carried attacks Tuesday morning on suspected training camp for Alshabab fighters in Dinsoor, Bay region in Southwest state allegedly killing nearly 100 Alshabab fighters.
The latest day light attack is alleged to have killed 100 Alshabab fighters including some of its local commanders according to a statement released by the Somali federal ministry of information.
“Federal government is determined to accelerate the fight against terrorist groups. This morning an attack happened in a training camp for Alshabab in Bur Eel Ade in Dinsoor location and 90-100 fighters killed” said the statement from the federal ministry.
Similarly a press release on the same day by the US Africom that carried out the attack also confirmed the incident and the death toll.
“In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike in Somalia against an al-Shabaab camp on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at approximately 10:30 a.m. local Somalia time, killing more than 100 militants” read US Africom statement said.
Earlier this month, the U.S. military also carried out its first strikes against Islamic State militants in Somalia and cited it killed a number of terrorists.
Similar attacks have been stepped up in many regions inside Somalia with the coordination of the Somali government mostly in southern part of the country by US drones following the deadly truck bomb attack in Mogadishu on the 14th October 2017.
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