Somali militants bombed by Kenya

The Kenyan military says it has launched retaliatory air strikes against Islamist militants in Somalia following the massacre at a university.

Soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)

The Kenyan military says it has begun retaliatory air strikes against Islamist militants in Somalia. (AAP)

The Kenyan military says it has launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an extremist attack on a Kenyan college that killed 148 people.

Colonel David Obonyo, a military spokesman, said on Monday that warplanes attacked positions of the al-Shabab militant group on Sunday afternoon and early Monday morning.

Al-Shabab, which is based in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the college attack Thursday in the Kenyan town of Garissa.


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