U.S. Drone Killed Al-Shabaab Explosives Expert, Somalia Says
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Somalia’s intelligence service said a senior leader and bomb-making expert from the al-Qaeda linked militia al-Shabaab was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
Abdi Nur Mahdi, also known as Yusuf Dheeg, died along with other members of the Islamist group in a strike at the weekend near the southern town of Diinsoor, the National Intelligence and Security Agency said in a statement on Wednesday.