The US Africa Command has not responded to reports by Al-Shabaab militants that an American soldier was killed during a military operation in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region.
State media in that country report that during Tuesday’s overnight operation, carried out by Somali Special Forces supported by Africom, eight Al-Shabaab militants were killed. The Somali National News Agency reported on Tuesday: “Somali security forces conducted an overnight operation in Daru Salam village in Lower Shabelle and killed eight members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group.”
Adow Mohamed, a Somali National Army captain in Lower Shabelle, confirmed: “Our special forces alongside our international partners conducted an operation against Al Shabaab in Daru Salam in the Lower Shabelle region after we received intelligence and killed eight Al-Shabaab fighters.”
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