Somali intelligence officials say an airstrike by a U.S. drone has killed three senior officers with Islamic State group-affiliated fighters in northern Somalia.
Friday’s airstrike targeted their vehicle while the men were travelling in Golis, a mountainous area controlled by the group, a senior Somali intelligence official told The Associated Press.
Another Somali official said among those killed was a notorious bomb expert who had been on the intelligence radar for nearly a year.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.