Somalia’s Al Shabaab Claims Attack in Which US Soldier Died

Somalia’s Al Shabaab Claims Attack in Which US Soldier Died
In this file image, an armoured vehicle of the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force patrols the streets of Kismayo on November 15, 2016. Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images
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MOGADISHU—Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an attack in which a U.S. commando was killed and four others were wounded when they came under fire in the country.

The U.S. special operations forces were fighting alongside about 800 troops from the Somali National Security Forces and Kenyan Defence Forces when they were attacked late on Friday by mortars and small arms fire.