MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – At the least 18 civilians, together with 7 youngsters and 6 ladies have been killed in a drone strike carried out by Turkish air power in a village close to the city of Afgoye, some 30km west of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
Pictures circulated on social media confirmed the our bodies of the victims killed within the air raid which befell throughout night prayers within the village of Baghdad on Monday.
The strike got here hours after Al-Shabaab gunmen ambushed members of the nationwide intelligence and safety company conducting an operation exterior Afgoye. Al-Shabaab claimed killing 13 troopers and launched pictures displaying their our bodies and others purportedly captured alive.
It’s not the primary time air strikes carried out by international forces supporting the Somali authorities inflict losses on civilians, quite the opposite, dozens of civilians have been killed in air raids in south Somalia over the previous months.
In the meantime, Somalia’s authorities stated in an announcement that it had killed 30 militants within the air strike carried out in cooperation with worldwide companions. Native journalists say Turkish drones carried out the botched operation, although Turkey doesn’t usually declare duty for its navy operations in Somalia.
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