Kenyan Air Strike on Al-Shabaab Somalia Camp Kills 30 People
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A Kenyan air strike in southern Somalia killed 30 Islamist militants including commanders of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab movement, the army said.
The strike took place at about 6 p.m. yesterday at Birta Dhere, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Garbarahey in Gedo region, Kenya Defence Forces spokesman Cyrus Oguna said by phone today from the capital, Nairobi. Militant commanders had gathered in the area for a meeting, he said. Scores of people were injured and five vehicles and other “key assets” destroyed, Kenya’s military said on its Twitter account.