The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said that it had killed one of the militants of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in an air strike southeast of the Libyan town of Bani Walid.
In a statement issued last Thursday, the AFRICOM said it was still evaluating the results of the strike, which was aimed at disrupting AQIM and immobilizing it, clarifying that the strike took place on June 13 without revealing the identity of the target person.
It added that no civilians were killed in the strike.
The statement added that this is the second American strike against al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Libya. The first one was on 24 March 2018 in the region of Ubari, which resulted in the death of Musa Abu Dawud, a senior official in the group.
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