NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Top al-Shabaab commanders were believed to be among 30 militants killed Friday in an airstrike by Kenyan fighter jets, the military said.
The Kenyan Defense Force said in a Twitter message the attack occurred as militants met at a camp in the western Gedo region of Somalia near the Kenyan border, CNN reported.
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Preliminary reports indicated "key commanders" were among those killed. Dozens of other militants were said to have fled with multiple injuries.
The raid destroyed vehicles and equipment.
The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab organization, which controls part of Somalia, was responsible for a September attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that resulted in more than 70 deaths.
