Somali police ‘get first drones to combat bombings’
A former US intelligence specialist has donated five surveillance drones to police in Somalia to help investigate bomb sites, reports Reuters news agency.
Brett Velicovich is in the capital, Mogadishu, to train Somali police in how to use the drones, which have infra-red or night vision capabilities.
He told Reuters that drones could have helped find last year’s Lido beach attacker “in minutes”. Police were unable to find the last attacker for several hours.
