The raid on Thursday evening targeted a Shebab camp in Garbarahey in Gedo region, situated around 600 kilometres (390 miles) northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu and near the border with Kenya and Ethiopia, the Kenyan military said.<\/p>\n
\u201cKDF (Kenya Defence Force) fighter jets attacked an al Shebab camp, where a meeting was being held,\u201d a senior KDF official said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitial battle damage assessment indicates more than 30 al Shebab militants killed, including key commanders,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n
Another military official said the Kenyan armed forces were trying to determine the identities of those killed in the raid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are yet to establish their identities, but they are definitely big shots in the militant group’s hierarchy,\u201d the official said, adding that five vehicles and other \u201ckey assets\u201d were destroyed in the raid.<\/p>\n
Officials said they believed dozens of other militants were also wounded.<\/p>\n
Kenya has been battling the al Qaeda-inspired Shebab on Somali soil since October 2011, and has since joined the African Union force deployed in the country.<\/p>\n
President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to maintain Kenya’s military presence in the war-torn country despite Shebab attacks inside Kenya \u2014 including the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in September last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet them (Shebab) know that we will not relent on the war,\u201d Kenyatta said late last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur forces will remain in Somalia until such time when we are satisfied that there is peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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