US airstrikes kill 4 al-Shabaab extremists

MOGADISHU - The United States military says it has carried out two airstrikes in Somalia that killed four al-Shabaab extremists.

The US Africa Command statement on Tuesday says Monday’s airstrikes were in the vicinity of Baqdaad after the military’s Somali partners “were engaged by al-Shabab militants.” It does not say whether any of the partners were killed.