Ethiopian troops admit shooting down Kenyan plane

Captain Mabruk Islam Sherman, one of the two pilots who died after a light aircraft was shot down in Somalia. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Ethiopian forces in Somalia have admitted to shooting down a Kenyan cargo plane on Monday, leading to six deaths, on ‘mistaken identity’.

A preliminary report filed by the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) indicated that the forces guarding Bardelle airstrip in Baidoa adjudged the plane’s unusual flight towards the facility as a potential suicide mission.