MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The U.S. army introduced on Friday that it’s launching an investigation into the reason for an American drone crash in Somalia earlier this week, following studies of the incident by native media.
“A U.S. Military operated MQ-1C crashed in southern Somalia at roughly 12:40 PM native on Nov. 5,” US Africa command, often called AFRICOM mentioned in a press release.
“An investigation is ongoing, though the crash doesn’t look like the results of any try and shoot down the plane.”
The U.S. army has not disclosed the precise location of the drone crash, however Somali officers have reported that the plane went down close to the city of Farsoley within the Decrease Shabelle area, an space managed by the militant group Al-Shabaab.
Native media retailers reported this week {that a} Turkish drone had crashed in the identical space, however each the Turkish and Somali governments haven’t substantiated the declare. With the U.S. army confirming the incident, it now seems the preliminary studies of a Turkish drone crash have been inaccurate, doubtless primarily based on unverified data. Journalists, unable to entry Al-Shabaab-controlled areas, might have been unable to acquire full particulars of the crash.
