WASHINGTON—A U.S. military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al-Shabaab terrorists near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia’s military was engaged in heavy fighting, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement.
The operation, which the U.S. military described as a “collective self-defense strike,” occurred on Friday about 162 miles (260 kilometers) north of the capital Mogadishu, where Somali national forces were under attack by more than 100 al-Shabaab fighters, the statement said.
U.S. Africa Command, the military arm of the American government’s presence on the continent, said no civilians were injured or killed in the strike. It said three vehicles were destroyed….