The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on Sunday destroyed six Al-Shabaab transit camps in Boni Forest.
Security reports indicate that a number of militants were killed during the operation and several weapons were recovered.
Boni Enclave Campaign director Joseph Kanyiri confirmed the attack adding that the camps were used as a planning base for terrorist attacks.
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“They were camps formed by the terrorists as they planned to conduct attacks in various parts of Lamu," stated Mr Kanyiri.
He further disclosed that AK-47 rifles, grenade-making tools, food and medicine were recovered from the camps.
It is reported that some militants escaped with bullet wounds and Kanyiri asked hospitals in the surrounding areas to report anyone seeking treatment from such wounds.
KDF has been battling the militant group for a while now and recently, it was reported that Ahmed Iman aka Kimanthi, who is believed to be one of the leaders of Al Shabaab militants in Kenya, is on the run.
Kimanthi has often appeared in several videos mocking Kenyan troops in Somalia but sources indicate that he has fallen out with commanders of the militia group who want him killed.
It is reported that he wants to surrender to Kenyan forces and get amnesty.
Initially, he was close to the current Al Shabaab supremo Ahmed Diriye and Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahim Mohamed Warsame, who commanded Shabaab’s Amniyat, its intelligence wing, when gunmen stormed Garissa University College and killed 147 students in April, 2015.
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