The US drone strike had targeted a training camp of al-Shabab in Somalia, the Pentagon has said, AFP news agency reports.
“The fighters were there training and were training for a large-scale attack. We know they were going to be departing the camp and they posed an imminent threat to US and [African Union] forces,” Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis is quoted as saying.
“Initial assessments are that more than 150 terrorist fighters were eliminated,” he added.
Capt Davis said the strike took place at some point on Saturday (US time), and the camp about 195km (120 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu.
