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Ali Nur Mohamed, deputy governor of the Lower Shabelle Regional Administration, told GO over the phone that the deadly raid has occurred near Bariire village, about 40KM west of Somali capital, Mogadishu.
U.S. and Somali special forces using two helicopters have swooped into suspected farm in the area, and shot dead ten farmers, including elderly men and snatched others alive during the undercover operation, according to Mohamed.
"We don't know yet the cause behind the deadly attack by the allied troops targeted the farm, which belongs to a local farmer named HusseinTabliq and why they killed the civilians," he added.
Names of the Farmers killed in the U.S.-Somali raid.
1 - Ali Aden Ahmed
2 - Abdifitah Yusuf Abdi
3 - Juruum Mohamud Yusuf
4 - Saney Jama Warsame
5 - Ali Abdi Ibrahim
6 - Abdulkadir Abdullahi Dirie
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