US conducts 6 airstrikes against Somalia extremists

In Somalia, 62 extremists from the al-Shabab rebel group were killed after the United States military's Africa Command carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe coast area. 

In a statement, the US military yesterday said, it carried out four strikes on Saturday in which 34 people were killed. Two more airstrikes were conducted on Sunday which killed 28. It said, no civilians



were injured or killed in the strikes.

The US military said, all strikes were carried out in close coordination with Somalia's government. 

The statement said, the airstrikes were conducted to prevent al-Shabab from using remote areas as a safe haven to the plot, direct, inspire, and recruit for future attacks.