U.S. forces killed a senior leader of Somalia’s Islamic terrorist group al-Shabaab this week who was believed to be responsible for planning attacks that resulted in the deaths of well over 100 people, including Americans.
A U.S. Special Operations drone strike killed Maalim Ayman on Sunday in an operation conducted in coordination with the Somali national army, according to The New York Times.
Officials said that he was responsible for the January 5, 2020, terror attack on a military base in Manda Bay, Kenya. Three Americans, two contractors and one soldier, were killed in the attack, and six U.S. aircraft were destroyed.
The strike was carried out near Jilib, Somalia. U.S. Africa Command said in a statement: “The command’s initial assessment is that one al-Shabaab militant was killed in the strike and that there were no civilian casualties.”
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