A US missile strike launched last week, killed the Al Shabaab militant group’s chief of external operations and planning for intelligence and security, the US said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Yosuf Dheef was the coordinator of guerrilla attacks inside and outside Somalia. He was also one of the main leaders of al Shabaab,” the Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency said in a statement announcing his death on Wednesday.
The US started its campaign against Al Shabaab in 2014 and the latest death comes after the militant groups main leader, Amhed Abdi Godane was killed on Dec 29.
“Yosuf Dheef was the coordinator of guerrilla attacks inside and outside Somalia. He was also one of the main leaders of al Shabaab,” the Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency said in a statement announcing his death on Wednesday.
The US started its campaign against Al Shabaab in 2014 and the latest death comes after the militant groups main leader, Amhed Abdi Godane was killed on Dec 29.