Kenya bombs Somali militant camp after mall attack
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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2008 file photo, a Kenya AIr Force F5 jet fighter takes to the sky from the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2008 file photo, a Kenya AIr Force F5 jet fighter takes to the sky from the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, two Kenyan army soldiers shield themselves from the downdraft of a Kenyan air force helicopter as it flies away from their base near the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, a woman who had been hiding during the gun battle runs for cover after armed police enter the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya after gunmen threw grenades and opened fire. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kalan, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2008 file photo, Kenyan Air Force F5 jet fighters stand at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this file photo taken from footage from Citizen TV, via the Kenya Defence Forces and made available Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, a man reported to be Umayr, one of the four armed militants, walks in a store at the Westgate Mall, during the four-day-long siege in Nairobi, Kenya which killed more than 60 people. Kenya's military said Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 that its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall. (AP Photo/Kenya Defence Force via Citizen TV, File)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's military says its air force has attacked a militant training camp in Somalia in retaliation for last month's al-Shabab assault on Nairobi's Westgate Mall.
Col. Cyrus Oguna said Thursday the militants who carried out the Westgate attack received training at the camp, which he said was 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Binswor, Somalia.
Oguna said the military won't know how many of the 300 militants in the camp were killed or wounded until an assessment Friday. He said four military trucks were destroyed. Oguna said "many more" such attacks will be carried out.
The four-day siege of Westgate Mall began Sept. 21. The al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab said it carried out the attack, which killed at least 67 people, in retaliation for the Kenyan military's push into Somalia in 2011.
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