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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: SOM153)
The US military carried out an airstrike in the vicinity of Tortoroow, according to a press release from US Africa Command issued the following day.
AFRICOM asserted that three al Shabaab fighters were killed, and that it currently assessed that no civilians were harmed in the action.
It further noted that the precision airstrike was used in self-defence of Somali partners: “Somali forces were leading an operation to disrupt the terrorist network in the area and to bolster local support for the Federal Government of Somalia. The airstrike was conducted in collective self-defense of our Somali partners after they were engaged by al-Shabaab militants during this operation.”
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Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention that the strike took place in the vicinity of the village Tortoroow, for which the coordinates are: 2.25045, 44.69117. Due to limited information and satellite imagery available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.