Mogadishu: At least 53 people have been killed in separate US drone strikes in Somalia, Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan and Yemen on Thursday.
Thirteen people were killed and several others were injured when the US military carried out an attack using a unmanned aerial spy vehicle on the outskirts of Bilis Qooqaani town, located 448 kilometers (278 miles) southwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu.
The US also launched drone strikes on the outskirts of Afmadow city, situated in the middle of the Juba region and 620 kilometers (385 miles) south of Mogadishu, on Thursday. At least 25 people were killed in the attack.
Twelve people were killed in a non-UN-sanctioned US drone attack on Pakistan’s South and North Waziristan tribal regions near the border with Afghanistan.
According to Pakistani officials, two unmanned aircraft fired several missiles at a vehicle and a house in the North and South Waziristan areas of Pakistan on Thursday.
Three people were also killed in attacks carried out by unmanned US aircraft in southern Yemen on Thursday.
A Yemeni government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the drone strikes targeted Shaqra village in Abyan Province. He added that six people were also injured in the aerial attacks.
The US says its remote-controlled unmanned drones only target militants. However, reports have shown that most of the people killed in the drone strikes are civilians.
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