Witnesses Claim Drone Strike Killed Two in Somalia

Al-Shabab members targeted

A suspected drone strike has hit a vehicle in southern Somalia and killed two fighters from the armed group al-Shabab, witnesses said.

The two fighters were the only occupants of the targeted vehicle and no one else was harmed, they said. The witnesses blamed the United States, which has carried out drone strikes in Somalia before, for the attack.

Four witnesses at the scene confirmed the strike to Al Jazeera and said that both fighters killed were Somali. The rebels are known to have foreign fighters in their ranks.

Al-Shabab, a rebel group fighting Somalia's Western-backed government, did not comment. 

The witnesses said the strike happened near the town of Jilib, 114km north of al-Shabab's