Saturday, August 20, 2011
The remains of the drone were removed by Somali government and African Union (AU) forces, a Press TV correspondent reported.
In June, the US military started using remote-controlled drones in Somalia to carry out targeted killings in the African country.
Somalia is the sixth known country where Washington uses remote-aerial vehicles to conduct surveillance and air strikes.
The United States has employed drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq and Yemen to launch aerial bombings.
Somalia has been without a functioning government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
Strategically located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia remains one of the countries generating the highest number of refugees and internally displaced persons in the world.