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Airwars Assessment
One Al Shabaab member was allegedly killed in a US strike on Haway.
The Horn Observer wrote: “A separate airstrike in Haway neighbourhood in Lower Shabelle region targeted another camp where the militant had gathered on Monday.
Local sources and Mogadishu-based intel officers have told Horn Observer that Mustaf Ato, the special adviser of al-Shabaab’s Emir had been killed in this airstrike.
There are no any confirmation from al-Shabaab and neither its propaganda media acknowledged the double airstrikes on Monday.”
There is currently no further information available.
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Reports of the incident mention strikes on a camp in the vicinity of Haway, for which the generic coordinates are: 1.1682, 43.71413. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.