Kenyan fighter jets kill 10, injure 25 others in south Somalia

At least 10 people have been killed and 25 others, including woman and children, injured in an airstrike by Kenyan fighter jets on a southern Somali town near Kenya border, Press TV reports.

Residents told Press TV that the fighter jets hit three al-Shabab bases on the outskirts of Fafadun town late on Friday.

“Aerial attacks hit three al-Shabab military training camps last night, over 10 al-Shabab fighters were killed and 25 others, including women and children, were admitted in the Bardhere's hospitals,” said Mohamed Farah, a resident in Bardera city.

Somalia military officials in the region confirmed the attack.

Airstrikes targeting areas under the control of al-Shabab in southern Somalia has become common, causing civilian casualties.

Kenya has beefed up security along its border with Somalia since it dispatched soldiers over its border into the conflict-plagued country last October to chase al-Shabab militants.

Meanwhile, a large number of Ethiopian military forces have been deployed into the central Somali town of Guriel in the Galgadud region, 300 km north of the capital, Mogadishu. Read More