Drone strike may have killed Kenya university attack mastermind

July 17, 2015 04:57

"Initial information indicates" that a drone strike has killed the suspected mastermind of this spring's deadly Garissa University College attack, a Kenyan official said Thursday.

Kenyan Interior Ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka said forensic analysis is needed to confirm that Mohamed Mohamud, who is also known by aliases Gamadhere and Dulyadin, died in the strike.

It was not immediately clear where or when the drone strike occurred, who carried it out, or whether it killed anyone else.

Still, if the strike did kill Mohamud, it would mark a major milestone in East Africa's efforts to go after the Al-Shabaab militant group and avenge one of its most horrific massacres.

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