The death of two Cuban doctors kidnapped five years ago was announced by an Islamist group in Somalia, Caasimada Online reported on February 17.
Al-Shabaab (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) published a statement on Telegram saying that the doctors were killed as a result of an international coalition attack on the city of Jilib. The official structures of the Somali government did not comment on this news of the terrorist group.
According to the statement, Acel Herrera and Landy Rodríguez died as a result of a missile attack launched by a US drone that occurred on February 15 at around 12:10 p.m. The terrorists did not specify in their statement whether other people were killed or injured as a result. of the attack.
On the one hand, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on February 14 that on February 9 it carried out an airstrike against the Al-Shabaab group (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) in the Lower Juba region, as a result of which two members of the group were murdered.
On the other hand, sources close to the Somali government accused the Islamist group of killing two doctors after the Cubans treated and trained members of the group for several years.
In 2019, Cuban doctors Acel Herrera and Landy Rodríguez were kidnapped in the city of Mandera, in the northeastern region of Kenya, by the group Al-Shabaab (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation), part of the terrorist network Al -Qaeda. (organization, activities prohibited in the Russian Federation). Negotiations for his release failed.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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