GARBAHAREY (Halbeeg News) – Kenyan fighter jets have attacked a village on Somalia’s border with Kenya and killed one person, residents confirmed Wednesday.
Mr. Mahad Hassan in Lan-Qur’a village who spoke to the media said Kenyan planes carried out the raids on the village.
Mr. Hassan pointed out that the bombardment destroyed homes owned by civilians.
“The planes bombed the village earlier this morning. An elder was killed in the attack and three others including a mother her children,” he said.
The local authorities did not comment on the raid Lan-Qur’a village which lies along Bulahawa-Elwak road.
Kenyan forces previously launched attacks in areas in Gedo region and allegedly killed civilians.
Kenya first sent its troops into neighboring Somalia in 2011 after several attacks inside its territory that it blamed on Al-Shabaab and later joined African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOM).
Al-Shabaab fighters have since carried out a string of assaults to punish Kenya for its intervention.
The Somali government is struggling to impose order since the AU peacekeepers, backed by Somali troops, drove al-Shabab out of the capital Mogadishu in 2011.
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