MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The U.S. navy introduced on Friday that it’s launching an investigation into the reason for an American drone crash in Somalia earlier this week, following experiences of the incident by native media.
“A U.S. Military operated MQ-1C crashed in southern Somalia at roughly 12:40 PM native on Nov. 5,” US Africa command, often known as AFRICOM stated in a press release.
“An investigation is ongoing, though the crash doesn’t seem like the results of any try and shoot down the plane.”
The U.S. navy has not disclosed the precise location of the drone crash, however Somali officers have reported that the plane went down close to the city of Farsoley within the Decrease Shabelle area, an space managed by the militant group Al-Shabaab.
Native media shops reported this week {that a} Turkish drone had crashed in the identical space, however each the Turkish and Somali governments haven’t substantiated the declare. With the U.S. navy confirming the incident, it now seems the preliminary experiences of a Turkish drone crash had been inaccurate, probably based mostly on unverified data. Journalists, unable to entry Al-Shabaab-controlled areas, might have been unable to acquire full particulars of the crash.
