Spy drone crash in Somalia is second in region this week MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 1 (UPI) -- A spy drone crashed in Somalia Saturday, a regional government official said. Puntland Ports and Anti-piracy Minister Saeed Mohamed Rage said the unmanned, intelligence-gathering reconnaissance aircraft went down in Qaw, a village in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Iran's Press TV reported. The broadcaster said that while the United States flies the unmanned aircraft in the region, Rage said it was unclear whose drone crashed Saturday. Press TV said the United States has been using a new type of aircraft in Somalia it said is called a kamikaze drone that functions both as a missile and an intelligence-gathering reconnaissance aircraft. If confirmed, it would be the second U.S. reconnaissance drone to crash in the region this week. Politico reported the Pentagon said a drone crashed off the coast of Somalia Monday. Defense officials denied it was shot down by fighters loyal to the al-Shabaab insurgency. The al-Qaida-affiliated organization posted several photographs to its Twitter account, claiming it had shot down a drone.