US airstrike in Somalia said to have killed 6 civilians

MOGADISHU, Somalia 

A U.S. drone airstrike in Somalia this Tuesday killed at least six civilians, including a 13-year-old boy, according to a Somali lawmaker.

The U.S. African Command airstrike in the town of Janale in the lower Shabelle region killed at least six unarmed civilians who were traveling to the capital Mogadishu, Mahad Dhoore, a lawmaker from the Southwest state, told local media on Thursday.

“The U.S. African Command (Africom) airstrike hit a minibus carrying unarmed innocent civilians in Janale,” Dhoore was quoted as saying.

The six civilians killed by the U.S. airstrike include a 13-year-old who was traveling with

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