NAIROBI — A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior Somali militant accused of masterminding a 2020 attack on a military base in Kenya that killed three Americans, a top Somali official told The Washington Post on Friday.
Moalim Ayman, who led a unit in the militant al-Shabab group responsible for terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia was killed by a drone in Jilib town in southern Somalia on Dec. 17, Information Minister Daud Aweis said.
The delay in announcing his death was likely to due the need to source material to make a genetic match.
The U.S. Africa Command, which announced the Dec. 17 airstrike, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The U.S. government said Ayman masterminded a Jan. 5, 2020 attack on a military base in Kenya that killed two U.S. contractor pilots and an army specialist.
U.S. troops used the base for surveillance flights into Somalia and providing training and counterterrorism support to East African partners.
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NAIROBI — A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior Somali militant accused of masterminding a 2020 attack on a military base in Kenya that killed three Americans, a top Somali official told The Washington Post on Friday.
Moalim Ayman, who led a unit in the militant al-Shabab group responsible for terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia was killed by a drone in Jilib town in southern Somalia on Dec. 17, Information Minister Daud Aweis said.
The delay in announcing his death was likely to due the need to source material to make a genetic match.
The U.S. Africa Command, which announced the Dec. 17 airstrike, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The U.S. government said Ayman masterminded a Jan. 5, 2020 attack on a military base in Kenya that killed two U.S. contractor pilots and an army specialist.
U.S. troops used the base for surveillance flights into Somalia and providing training and counterterrorism support to East African partners.
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