Somalia: Family Claims US Drone Strike in Jilib Killed Daughter

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When U.S. Africa Command announced it had conducted an airstrike on an al-Shabaab militant in the southern Somalia town of Jilib on February 2, it included an oft-repeated line: “We currently assess no civilians were injured or killed as a result of this airstrike.”

But a Somali family is now claiming that the US strike did actually kill some of its kin including a young girl. Continue reading Family says teenage girl killed in US airstrike that targeted Al Shabaab in SomaliaFamily says teenage girl killed in US airstrike that targeted Al Shabaab in Somalia