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Kenyan police find note suggesting Islamic State link to Mombasa attack
Islamic State has seized territory in Syria and Iraq, inspiring offshoot groups in the Middle East and Africa.
The Islamist militants say they attacked an AMISOM base manned by Ethiopian troops.
A passenger said Muslim passengers were ordered to split from the Christians, but refused.
It's unknown who was behind the aerial strike but the US has in the past targeted al-Shabaab fighters.
Al-Shabaab gunmen stormed the campus yesterday morning and opened fire on students, killing 147.
Militant group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack, which lasted several hours.
The attack highlights the challenge of halting guerrilla-style raids by the group.
The bodies were found after they were abducted from their houses by rebels.
Somali militant group Al-Shabaab said it had shot the plane down.
The group said its mujahideen fighters had killed 40 people despite initial reports of 36.
All the victims were shot in the head, except for four who were beheaded.
The strike is in retaliation to an ambush which killed 28 people on a Nairobi-bound bus.
The country has been trying to break up militant networks it blames for a series of attacks on the coast.
A spokesperson for Al-Shabaab told Al Jazeera that an SA mercenary and 3 Americans were among those killed.
The Pentagon says Ahmed Godane says it's a “major symbolic and operational loss” for the organisation.
Sources say US military air strike struck an area where leaders of the al-Qaeda-linked militants were meeting.
African Union peacekeepers launched an attack against Islamist militants and killed 14 people.
Officials said the attackers were defeated by Somali security forces and members of the AU force.
There's been no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts which rocked a busy Nairobi market.