Local fighters say that they have shot down a suspected United States operated unmanned aircraft in the south of Somalia near the capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab fighters say that the aircraft crashed into the sea after it was hit near the lower Shabelle region in Merka town, located south of the capital. The fighters say six other UAS have been seen flying over Mogadishu and the nearby town of Merka. Numerous other US unmanned aircraft in the past few weeks have crashed in Somalia.
The attacks in Somalia make the lawless state the sixth country where the US military has used remote-controlled aircraft to conduct such lethal strikes. The United States has now employed drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen to launch aerial bombings.
Source: Press TV