After a terror attack on Garissa University Thursday, which left roughly 150 people dead, Kenya launched airstrikes against Islamic extremists in Somalia on Sunday.
Kenyan fighter jets bombed known locations of the Islamic group al Shabab in the Gedo region in neighboring Somalia, Kenyan Army spokesman David Obonyo told the BBC on Monday.
The two camps in the remote region are used by the terror group to cross into Kenya, Obonyo said.
This is the first response to the attack on Garissa University Thursday that left at least 148 people dead — the deadliest attack in Kenya since the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings.
Just days after, al Shabab threatened more attacks in Kenya similar to the Garissa assault. “Kenyan cities will run red with blood,” the group said, according to the SITE intelligence monitoring group.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta immediately replied, promising to respond to the attack.
“We will fight terrorism to the end,” Kenyatta said. “I guarantee that my administration shall respond in the fiercest way possible.”
According to spokesman Obonyo, the military was responding to “threats” by launching the airstrikes, but provided no further details of the operation.
