Somali rebels: Up to $8K to kill Kenyan forces

By Tom Odula

Published December 13, 2012 3:38pm ET

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Somali rebels: Up to $8K to kill Kenyan forces — FILE - In this Thursday, Feb.17, 2011 file photo, al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. An intelligence intercept from al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab shows that insurgents are being offered up to $8,000 to kill Kenyan security officers, a Kenyan official said Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File) | Mohamed Sheikh Nor

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An intelligence message intercepted from an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group shows that the rebels are being offered up to $8,000 as a reward for killing Kenyan security officers, a Kenyan official said Thursday.

The rewards are enough incentive to motivate some youths in the eastern Kenya town of Garissa to carry out attacks against security forces, Garissa County Commissioner Maalim Mohammed said.

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