A senior commander of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab who was allegedly involved in a 2013 attack against a Kenyan shopping mall has been killed in a US drone strike, according to intelligence sources.
According to News24, a senior intelligence officer said that western allies like the US help them fight terrorists in Somalia.
The official, however, declined to comment on who carried out the airstrike.
The drone strike targeted commander Aden Garar and two other al-Shabaab members as they were driving south-west of Mogadishu, said the official on the conditions of anonymity.
Intelligence sources said that Garar had links with the attack on Nairobi;s Westgate shopping mall.