Reports from the United States African Command (AFRICOM) indicate that the latest airstrike conducted in Somalia killed one Al-Shabaab fighter.
AFRICOM released a press statement saying it carried out the drone attack in conjunction with the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) troops.
The raid, which took place on Thursday August 20, targeted a known terrorist operating from Kurtun Warey.
According to AFRICOM’s statement confirming the incident, the terrorist had a history of building explosive devices.
Further, intelligence reports had shown evidence that he planned to build an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that was to be emplaced along a public road in the country.
Later, AFRICOM performed an initial assessment of its airstrike, which showed that it killed one person and destroyed a single motorcycle.
As per its assessment, no civilian has been either killed or injured in the latest airstrike.