US strike in Somalia kills 17 al-Shabaab fighters, US Africa Command says

The United States military performed a strike on Wednesday versus the al-Shabaab horror group in Somalia, eliminating 17 terrorists, United States Africa Command stated in a declaration on Friday.

The strike happened around 285 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu at the demand of the Somali federal government when Somali National Army forces were engaged with the al-Shabaab fighters.

United States Africa Command stated in a press release that no civilians were injured or eliminated in the strike.

” Al-Shabaab is the biggest and most lethal al-Qaeda network on the planet and has actually shown both its will and ability to attack Somali, East African, and American civilians,” United States Africa Command stated.

The strike is the most recent United States military effort versus al-Shabaab in Somalia, where the United States has actually supplied continuous assistance to the federal government considering that President Joe Biden authorized a Pentagon demand to redeploy United States soldiers to the location in an effort to counter the terrorist group in May.

Last month, an airstrike in Somalia eliminated 2 members of al-Shabaab, according to United States Africa Command.