The US announces the death of two suspected members of Al Shabaab in a bombing in Somalia

The attack is the first since Biden announced in April the re-sending of troops to the African country

July 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The United States has announced the death of two suspected members of Al Shabaab in a bombing carried out in Somalia, the first since US President Joe Biden announced in April the redeployment of troops to fight the terrorist group.

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has indicated in a statement that the attack was carried out after the group “attacked allied forces in a remote area near Libikus”.

“US forces are authorized to carry out bombing raids in defense of designated allied forces,” he said, adding that “no civilians were injured or killed due to the remoteness of the location where the action took place.”

Thus, he stressed that “Somalia and AFRICOM take great measures to avoid civilian casualties.” “These efforts contrast with the indiscriminate attacks that Al Shabaab carries out on a regular basis against the civilian population,” she argued.

“The Federal Government of Somalia and the United States remain committed to the fight against Al Shabaab to prevent the death of innocent civilians. Violent extremist organizations such as Al Shabaab pose a long-term threat to Somali, regional and US interests,” he stressed. .

Biden approved in mid-May a request from the Department of Defense to send US troops back to Somalia to fight terrorist groups, thus reversing the order of his predecessor, Donald Trump, to leave that African country in 2020.

In response, the new president of Somalia, Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, thanked Biden and stressed that “the United States has always been a relevant partner in the search for stability and in the fight against terrorism.”