By AFPMore by this AuthorThe US military on Wednesday denied killing a Somali civilian in a strike last week against Al-Shabaab militants, providing rare details of its operations against the jihadist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda. US Africa Command disputed reports from two news outlets that said an innocent civilian was killed in the precision air strike near the southern town of Jamaame on Friday. "Immediately prior to the air strike, this al-Shabaab terrorist displayed the murdered bodies of Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers in a village," the statement said. Advertisement"Once isolated in a remote and secluded area, the terrorist was killed by an air strike." Amnesty last year accused the US military of indiscriminately hitting civilians, killing farmers, workers and even children in Somalia.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2020 20:26 UTC