MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – The U.S. military has said it targeted al-Shabaab fighter suspected to have taken part an attack that claimed life of US soldiers in Somalia.
In a report published by Army times, US said one of the airstrikes carried in Somalia had successfully eliminated Abdullahi Jibiyow.
U.S. Africa Command said Jibiyow, who was a mortar team leader was responsible for multiple attacks in the Lower Juba region of southern Somalia.
Jibiyow was one of two al-Shabaab fighters killed during an airstrike on April 19.
Jibiyow was said to have participated in the attack staged against US and Somali forces in Southern Somalia on June 8, 2018.
The attack killed Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, Air Force Col. Chris Karns.
Conrad was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at the time of his death. He had been in the Army since 2010 and served as a human intelligence collector.
Conrad was killed by enemy indirect fire while supporting Operation Octave Shield, according to the Pentagon.
Octave Shield is the code name for the mission focused on targeting militant groups in Somalia.
Conrad was part of a contingent of Americans who were providing advice, assistance and aerial surveillance to partner forces when they came under attack from mortars and small-arms fire at about 2:45 p.m. local time in Jubaland, about 220 miles southwest of Mogadishu.
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