Authorities say it killed head of intelligence for Somalia's Islamist insurgency
Kenyan troops, working under the African Union Mission in Somalia
(AMISOM), killed Mohamed Karatey, al Shabaab's deputy commander and head
of intelligence, at a graduation ceremony for insurgent fighters on
Feb. 8, the Kenya Defence Forces said in a statement.
Kenya says it killed head of intelligence for Somalia's Islamist insurgency(DNA India)
Kenya has killed the commander of an elite unit within Somalia's al Shabaab
Islamist insurgency, a man blamed for masterminding a deadly attack on a
Kenyan military camp in southern Somalia last month, the Kenyan
military said on Thursday.
Kenyan troops, working under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), killed Mohamed Karatey,
al Shabaab's deputy commander and head of intelligence, at a graduation
ceremony for insurgent fighters on Feb. 8, the Kenya Defence Forces
said in a statement.
"It is believed
Karatey played a major role in the recent attack on KDF troops in El
Adde by the deployment of his suicide bombers," KDF said in a statement.
"His
killing now adds to that of the killing of Abdi Dek, the operation
commander of the Abu Zubeyr Brigade that carried out the attack in El
Adde."
The statement gave no further details
on killing of Karatey but said the Kenyan military had also killed 42 al
Shabaab recruits and 10 other mid-level al Shabaab commanders during
the raid. It was not possible to independently verify the killings.
Kenyan
troops took heavy losses when al Shabaab launched a dawn raid on their
camp in El Adde near the Kenyan border on Jan. 15, although they have
not disclosed exact casualty figures.
Al Shabaab
claimed the attack had killed more than 100 soldiers. The Islamist
insurgents have links to al Qaeda and seek to overthrow Somalia's weak
Western-backed government and drive out the African Union soldiers
supporting them.
Al Shabaab has inflated casualty figures in the past, while other official estimates often play them down.
The unit that Karatey headed - known as Amniyat - comprises spies, suicide bombers and explosives experts.
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