NEW : A Somali governor faces a suspected drone strike apparently targeting him . The US has detained Al - Shabaab leaders in Somalia at least twice in the past year . During the assault on the National Intelligence and Security Agency prison , three security guards and two civilians were killed and 15 others were injured , Security Ministry spokesman Mohamed Yusuf told CNN . Al - Shabaab hopes to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state . The United States considers Al - Shabaab a foreign terrorist organization .
NEW : A Somali governor faces a suspected drone strike apparently targeting him . The US has detained Al - Shabaab leaders in Somalia at least twice in the past year . Al - Shabaab hopes to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state . The United States considers Al - Shabaab a foreign terrorist organization .