'US drone strike' kills senior Shabab members

October 29, 2013 01:14

A United States military strike has hit a car carrying senior members of the al-Shabab armed group in Somalia, killing at least two people including the group's top explosives expert, a rebel and a US intelligence official said.

The senior US official told the Associated Press news agency that there was a US strike against a target in Somalia on Monday but would give no further details. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorisation to discuss the strike publicly.

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