US military claims top Al-Shabaab leader killed drone raid

The ministry noted that the operation involving foreign troops took place in the main Al-Shabaab hideout. Nadir has been fighting in Somalia for extremist groups since 2006.

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US military claims top Al-Shabaab leader killed drone raid

NAIROBI, Kenya - The US Africa Command has announced that a drone strike carried out outside ​​Jilib district in the Lower Jubba region, on the 1st of this month, killed a senior Al-Shabaab leader.

AFRICOM did not mention the name of the leader it targeted in the airstrike, but earlier yesterday the Somali government identified the commander as Abdullahi Nadir, who was killed in the Haramka area.

The command’s initial assessment is that the strike killed an al-Shabaab leader and that no civilians were injured or killed," reads the statement in part.

The Ministry of Information added that Abdullahi Nadir, who has had a $3 million dollars bounty on his head was prepared for taking over the leadership of Al-Shabaab from Abu Ubaidah reportedly ailing.

The ministry noted that the operation involving foreign troops took place in the main Al-Shabaab hideout. Nadir has been fighting in Somalia for extremist groups since 2006.

There is no statement from Al-Shabaab regarding the claims of the killing of Abdullahi Nadir who is a c co-founder of the militant group and held various positions, including head of finance and Da’wah.

The US has recently brought back hundreds of special soldiers to Somalia after the election of President Hassan Sheikh in May this year and resumed the airstrikes in the war-torn Horn of Africa country.

AFRICOM said Al-Shabaab is the largest and most kinetically active al-Qaeda network in the world and has proved both its will and capability to attack U.S. forces and threaten U.S. security interests. 

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