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Mogadishu, (insidesomalia.org)-At least 75 Somalis have drowned off the coast of Yemen while trying to cross from Somalia to the Arab country, a Yemeni official said.
The official said the captain of the vessel carrying more than 250 migrants forced them to leave the ship and to try to swim ashore on Thursday. About 180 survived the official from southern Abyan province told Reuters.
Many African migrants try to reach Yemen, which they see as a gateway to other parts of the Middle East, and the West.
On the other Hand A suspected American Infiltrator hydroplane has crashed in Lower Shabelle region south of Somalia on Friday-witnesses said.
The plane has fallen into the earth in Agaran area 3km north of Marka town the provincial capital of lower Shabelle region.
Its unknown whether the plane was shot down or it had Human faults that caused it to crash into the region.
The plane was measured as height 1.72Cm with camera plus military data line phones.
Some eye witnesses confirmed Shabelle that no Human was aboard that plane nevertheless this aircrafts was one of US warplanes has been flying over an areas of Lower Shabelle region for the last weeks.
Hundreds of people have suddenly stormed at the site the plane crashed also some the region’s officials have reached there to investigate the incident.
More US planes mostly leap over in the lawlessness Somalia space while US planes have carried out air raid in Dobley town near Kenyan Border with Somalia where they say that Al-Qaeda members were hiding in.
Source: Shebelle Media Network
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