The US defence department has confirmed that it has killed
an al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar. The Pentagon says the militant was hit by a drone equipped
with Hellfire missiles in southern Somalia last Friday.
Garar was a suspect in the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in
Nairobi that left 67 people dead.
The US believes Garar was overseeing operations that
"target US persons and other Western interests".
He was a member of the security and intelligence wing and
a "key operative responsible for coordinating al-Shabab's external
operations", according to the Pentagon.
The operation took place about 150 miles (240km) west of
Mogadishu near the town of Dinsoor.
Washington has supported an African Union (AU) force, which has
driven the fundamentalist group from strongholds across Somalia since 2011.
The US defence department said in a statement that Garar's
death "has dealt another significant blow to the al-Shabab terrorist
organisation in Somalia".
Hours before the Pentagon confirmed the news, an al-Shabab
attackkilled four in north-east Kenya.
The militant group has vowed to punish Kenya for its role
in the AU force.
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