Kenya: More than 30 al-Shabaab militants killed in Somalia by kenyan military air strike
Kenya’s military has killed more than 30 al-Shabaab militants and commanders in Somalia, a spokesman said, in a major air strike across the border following the Islamists’ attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last year.
Kenyan fighter jets hit a camp at Garbaharey in the Gedo region on Thursday, where the militants, who profess links to al-Qaeda, were holding a meeting, the military said.
Al-Shabaab has been weakened by African Union troops over the past two years, ushering in some stability in many parts of the Horn of Africa country after a campaign of cross-border raids and kidnappings of Westerners and security forces.
However, the rebels, who have waged a seven-year insurgency seeking to impose a strict interpretation of sharia law in Somalia, stunned the world in September when they attacked an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, killing at least 67 people.