Kenyan warplanes bomb Islamist camp in Somalia, military says

By CNN Staff
updated 4:24 PM EDT, Thu October 31, 2013

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Kenyan warplanes attacked an al-Shabab training camp Thursday, military says
  • Kenyan military: Camp had 300 recruits, but death toll still unknown
  • Kenya's military said: "This military operation is not an isolated one"



(CNN) -- Kenyan warplanes targeted an al-Shabab training camp today inside Somalia, according to military officials. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group has been connected to the attack in a Nairobi mall last month where 67 people where killed.

Col. Cyrus Oguna, spokesman for the Kenyan Defense Force, told CNN that the training camp had about 300 recruits, but he doesn't know yet how many people were killed in this attack. He said that information would be available Friday.

"This military operation is not an isolated one, but we will continue targeting al-Shabhb camps in the near future" Cyrus Oguna said.
The attack happened at 2 p.m. local time in Diinsoor, in Southwestern Somalia.

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