The army announces the killing of 3 members of the Al-Shabaab movement in an air strike in southern Somalia

 
The US Army Africa Command “AFRICOM” said that the United States launched an air strike against Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, killing three terrorists from the movement in the Lower Juba region.

Noting that it launched the attack against Al-Shabaab in support of the Somali National Army, AFRICOM said, "The military actions are just one part of the federal government's efforts to comprehensively address its security challenges."

AFRICOM stated that its initial assessment of the raid, which targeted an area 60 km southwest of the city of Kismayo, the interim capital of Jubbaland State, is that no civilians were injured or killed.

The latest air strike came amid an intensifying offensive against al-Shabaab since Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared all-out war against the militants last year.