Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 at 08:43 pm

SOMALIA: Nine Al-Shabab members killed in U.S air raid in southern Somalia

By: Malyun  Ali

KISMAYO (RBC) At least nine of senior Al-Shabab members may have been killed in U.S air bombardment in southern Somalia on late last month, sources told RBC Radio. 

U.S officials admitted air raid in Kandala village, at least 10-km west of Kismayo on July 3 which U.S officials identified that the target  was senior Al-Shabab operatives in Somalia.

But on Wednesday unnamed resident in Kismayo town told RBC Radio that he saw Al-Shabab fighters digging graves and burring bodies of their killed members.

“Young Al-Shabab men were digging graveyards near Kismayo. I saw them while I was keeping guard my cattle”. Resident told RBC Radio with anonymity condition because of security matters.

Last week western media reported that U.S. military forces landed in Somalia to retrieve the bodies of dead or wounded militants after a U.S. drone strike targeted a group of insurgents near Kismayo town.

But the sources did not confirm that the group got all their deceased bodies.

At the same time reports say that Al-Shabab’s number-two operative, Ibrahim Afghan (but known as Abubakar A-Zaili’i) had been reportedly killed in the raid.   Several fighters were also injured in the raid and were being treated in Kismayo hospital. 

On Tuesday Kenyan officials placed high security alert after the police found reports of injured Al-Qaeda senior officer Bilal El Berjawi, traveled to the country for medical treatment.

RBC Radio

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