Transcript for US service member killed in Somalia

Military spokesman. An assistant US service member has been killed in Somalia for the first time in more than twenty years it happened yesterday. During an operation against an extremist group about forty miles from the capital of Mogadishu a Somalian intelligence official says American troops and helicopters. Rated one of the group's hideouts and I'll fight ensued. Recently president trump approved military operations against the terrorist groups in Africa will continue to follow the very latest developments on this story we'll have updates on ABC seven. And why.

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