The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) issued a statement indicating that al-Shabaab is releasing false information following April 10 U.S. airstrike in Somalia.
United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) post-strike assessments confirm that one of the three terrorists killed in the command’s Apr. 2 precision airstrike. One of the deceased was a long-standing, high-ranking leader in the al-Shabaab terrorist organization, according to AFRICOM’s press statement.
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. forces conducted an airstrike destroying an al-Shabaab vehicle-borne improvised explosive device near Jana Cabdalle, Somalia, on the afternoon of April 11.
