Several people are believed to have been killed in an airstrike in southern Somalia apparently targetting a house used by members of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militia, officials and witnesses said Sunday.
Abdukadir Mohamed Nur, a Somali government official in the lower Shabele region, said several Shebab militants died.
« Many Al-Shebab militants were killed in the airstrike, » he said, without giving details on who was targeted and which country carried out the attack.
A resident in Dinsoor, Ali Yare, told AFP by telephone that four civilians may have been wounded or killed in the attack.
« We heard a very loud explosion and a few minutes later I saw cars rushing to the scene, some of them returned with casualties. Four civilians were among the casualties, » he said. « We don’t know who was the target because the area was sealed off. »
AFP