Al Shabaab top member militant
group who was part of Westgate Mall attack in Kenya has been killed by a US
drone strike.
Adan Garar and two other
people are believed to have died in the strike near the town of Bardhere in
Somalia, US and Kenyan officials said.
Garar was also suspected of
planning failed attacks on Kenya's coastline and in the Ugandan capital of
Kampala, according to a Kenyan official.
Kenyan authorities said
police foiled a planned attack in the coastal city of Mombasa in March 2014.
Al Shabaab militants had
planned to carry out simultaneous attacks on the city's airport, a ferry
crossing and a supermarket.
The attack was foiled when
anti-terror police intercepted a car packed with explosives.
Al Shabaab has vowed to
carry out violent attacks in Kenya and Uganda in retaliation for the countries'
contribution to the African Union force supporting Somalia's government.
Skynews
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