US Commando Killed, Four Wounded In Somalia Attack
Fakhir Rizvi Published June 09, 2018 | 09:10 AM
An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said.
Washington, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Jun, 2018 ) :An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said.
The attack occurred in Jubaland, where a large force comprising about 800 Somali, Kenyan and US troops were working to clear a large area of Al-Qaeda fighters.
The multinational force "came under mortar and small-arms fire at approximately 2:45 pm Mogadishu time (1145 GMT), killing one US service member and injuring four US service members and one partner force member," the US military's Africa Command said in a statement.
A military official told AFP the dead American was a special operations commando, but further details were not being released pending notification of next of kin.
US President Donald Trump offered his condolences via Twitter.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the families of our serviceman who was killed and his fellow servicemen who were wounded in Somolia. They are truly all HEROES," Trump tweeted, misspelling the name of the country in which the attack took place.
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