A senior militant in charge of suicide attacks for Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels has been killed in a drone strike in southern Somalia

A senior militant in charge of suicide attacks for Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels has been killed in a drone strike in southern Somalia, a Somali government official said Tuesday.
  
Interior Minister Abdikarin Hussein Guled told government radio that the Somali intelligence services have been tracking Ibrahim Ali Abdi, also known as Anta-Anta, for some time before the strike took place on Monday.
  
The minister did not say who carried out the attack, but an official in Washington said the US military carried out a drone strike targeting Shebab in Somalia on Monday. "The operation in which this man has been killed was very important for the government. This man had a major role in the death of many innocent civilians and his death will help in bringing back peace," the minister told Radio Mogadishu.
  
Officials from Somalia's internationally-backed government have described the dead militant as being well-known for making suicide bomber vests and preparing car bombs used regularly by the rebels to attack government-held areas. There has been no comment from the rebels.