Garissa terror mastermind still alive, says Govt

A Kenyan man who was Al-Shabaab’s top commander behind the Garissa University College attack has not been killed in a US drone attack in Somalia, the Interior ministry has clarified.

Interior Ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka on Thursday evening said Mohamed Kuno, alias Gamadheere, was not among militants killed in the Wednesday 2am attack, in Juungal. The attack was as a result of an intensified US campaign against terrorism in the region.

Kuno, the mastermind of April 2 Garissa attack, was in charge of external operations against Kenya, and was not among those killed in the attack. Mr Njoka said the body of one of Al-Shabaab commanders killed in the attack had been collected from the scene for forensic identification.

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