Trump extends condolences over US soldier's death

Updated:7 years, 5 months ago

New Delhi, Jun 09 (ANI): The United States President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the family of a U.S. soldier killed in Somalia. In a tweet, Trump wrote, "My thoughts and prayers are with the families of our serviceman who was killed and his fellow servicemen who were wounded in Somalia [sic]. They are truly all HEROES". His tweet came few hours after the military officially reported the Special Operations agent's death. Trump is in Canada for the two-day 44th Group of Seven summit to be held in La Malbaie. Reportedly, the death is the first such incident of its kind in Africa, since an ambush by Islamic State-aligned fighters in Niger claimed the lives of four U.S. soldiers last year.