An attack by a US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has killed at least 78 people and injured 64 others in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.
The Friday attack took place near Qooqani town located in southern Somalia, a Press TV correspondent reported.
In a different incident on Friday, another US drone attack killed 11 civilians and wounded 34 more in the Hoosingow district in the south of the country.
Somalia is the sixth country where the US military has conducted drone strikes.
The US has employed drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen to launch aerial bombings.
Washington claims the airstrikes target militants, though most such attacks have resulted in civilian casualties.
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