Kenya planes 'kill Somali militants' from al-Shabab Published duration 10 January 2014

image copyright AFP image caption Kenya has several thousand troops in Somalia, fighting al-Shabab

Kenya's military says it has carried out an air strike on an Islamist camp in Somalia, killing 30 militants, including al-Shabab commanders.

The strike happened in Garbarahey, near the border with Kenya and Ethiopia.

Local media reports put the number of dead at 10 and residents say there has been lots of destruction.

Kenya has several thousand troops in Somalia, helping the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda.

The militants said this was why it carried out the attack on the Westgate shopping centre in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, last year, in which at least 67 people died.

It did not name the Islamist commanders it said had been killed.

Al-Shabab has not yet commented on the attack.