Reuters, 07/09 17:51 CET
By Joseph Akwiri
MOMBASA (Reuters) – Kenya plans
to launch a military offensive against Islamist militants who have set
up bases in a remote forest at the northern tip of its Indian Ocean
coastline bordering Somalia, a police official said on Monday.
The east African country says Somalia’s al Shabaab group
has carried out attacks along its northern coast before retreating to
hideouts in Boni forest, a 160 kilometre-reserve that is also a
sanctuary for elephants.
“We want to ensure the forest is safe and that no
criminals are using it as a hideout to plan evil against our people,”
Frederick Ndambuki, commissioner of Kenya’s Lamu county, told Reuters.
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Source: Euronews
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