Kenya Says It Killed Al-Shabab Intel Chief

Kenya's army says it has killed the intelligence chief for the Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab, but the group is denying the claim. Military spokesman David Obonyo told reporters Thursday that Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahim Mohamed Warsame, was killed along with 10 mid-level members of the Islamist group in an airstrike in southern Somalia on February 8. A pro-al-Shabab website is reporting that the report is false, and that Karate is fine. It says no airstrikes hit...

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