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| Kenyan Fighter Jets Bomb Shabab Training Camps in Somalia | |
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| NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan fighter jets bombed two training camps of the Shabab militant group in Somalia, defense officials said on Monday, the first military response to the attack on a university last week that killed nearly 150 students. | NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan fighter jets bombed two training camps of the Shabab militant group in Somalia, defense officials said on Monday, the first military response to the attack on a university last week that killed nearly 150 students. |
| Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, had vowed to respond “in the severest way possible” to the massacre at the university. | Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, had vowed to respond “in the severest way possible” to the massacre at the university. |
| Military officials said it was difficult to assess the damage because of heavy cloud cover. Kenya has carried out bombing raids in Somalia after terrorist assaults in the past, and the Shabab militants, knowing what was coming, have often abandoned their camps after major attacks. | Military officials said it was difficult to assess the damage because of heavy cloud cover. Kenya has carried out bombing raids in Somalia after terrorist assaults in the past, and the Shabab militants, knowing what was coming, have often abandoned their camps after major attacks. |
| The Kenyan public has been deeply unnerved by the assault on Garissa University College, in which Shabab gunmen moved from dorm to dorm, luring students to come out of their rooms and then shooting them in the head. Many students were found clumped together, face down. | The Kenyan public has been deeply unnerved by the assault on Garissa University College, in which Shabab gunmen moved from dorm to dorm, luring students to come out of their rooms and then shooting them in the head. Many students were found clumped together, face down. |
| The pressure on the government to hit back has been rising, with many Kenyans angry that it took more than eight hours to send commandos to the school. The delay was attributed to logistical issues, but the slow response raised questions about whether more lives could have been saved. | |
| Over the weekend, students at other universities threatened to stage large protests unless security at their schools was significantly improved. Others have complained that the Kenyan government had intelligence that such an attack was in the works and did little to prevent it. | Over the weekend, students at other universities threatened to stage large protests unless security at their schools was significantly improved. Others have complained that the Kenyan government had intelligence that such an attack was in the works and did little to prevent it. |
| The Shabab has struck Kenya many times, killing hundreds of civilians, and last week the militants vowed to make Kenyan cities run “red with blood” until Kenya withdrew military forces from Somalia. Kenya sent forces into Somalia in 2011 to protect its borders and economic interests along the Indian Ocean coast. | |
| The Shabab attacks have only intensified since then. | The Shabab attacks have only intensified since then. |