US missile strike 'kills al-Qaida leader'

The terrorist believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia and 10 others have been killed in a US air attack.

Aden Hashi Ayro died when his house in the central Somali town of Dusamareeb, about 300 miles north of Mogadishu, was hit, said a spokesman for the Islamic al-Shabab militia which aims to impose Islamic law and launches daily attacks on the Somali government.