Eight killed in Somalia airstrike: US military in Africa

The United States Africa Command says an air strike in southern Somalia has claimed the lives of eight suspected terrorists.

The US military in Africa said on Sunday that the strike was carried out some 185 miles (nearly 300 kilometers) southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

According to Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the US air strike targeted the al-Shabaab terrorist group.

Their training camp in the Middle Juba region, near Sakow, was destroyed in the attack, he added.

The Somali president maintained that the strike would hamper future attacks by the group.

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