US drone strike kills 200 militants, top Shabaab officials: Somali govt

A drone firing a missile.

An undated photo of a drone firing a missile. US drone strike kills Shabaab militants in Somalia. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

More than 200 Shabaab militants, including several top officials, have been killed at their base in Central Somalia in targeted US drone strikes, the federal government announced on Sunday.

The official Somali government statement indicated that the airstrikes targeted a settlement known as Hareri Gubadle, near Wabho Township in Galgaduud region, about 300km north of the capital Mogadishu.