45-Al-Shabaab & Top Commander Killed in Airstrike
Al-Shabab fighters want to overthrow the UN-backed Somali government
45 Al-Shabaab militants were killed and 18 others critically injured in Lower Shebelle region in southern Somalia after a precision airstrike hit their camp and a convoy mid-day Saturday.
Intelligence sources report a top commander of the terrorist group was also killed in the airstrike.
A convoy of militants was hit. The vehicles often referred to as technicals were destroyed.
One vehicle carrying a top commander was blown off leading to the death of the man.
The missile airstrike hit the Islamist-held stronghold of Dinsoor, 270 kilometers (170 miles) west of the capital Mogadishu, Saturday
Counter-Terrorism operation in Somalia spearheaded by East African military AMISOM degraded the once powerful clan-based militant group-now a terrorist outfit allied to global terror group Al-Qaeda.
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