Unknown warplanes hit Al-Shabaab bases in Jilib town

Unidentified fighter jets have bombed Al-Shabaab base near Jilib town in Somalia’s southern middle Jubba region on Tuesday.

Local residents said on Wednesday the missiles fired by the warplanes on struck the fighters’ outpost.

“We heard several blasts on the outskirts of Jilib town on Tuesday night. We can’t confirm how many people died in the attacks,” said local resident Ali Hassan.

It is not immediately clear the damages caused by the strike.

Kenyan jets have often carried out attacks against Al Shabaab in which sometimes innocent civilians were killed.

Al-Shabaab has vowed to intensify attacks inside Kenyan soil until it pulls out its troops from Somalia.

The Horn of Africa nation has not had a fully functioning government since warlords toppled military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.

Government troops are attacking the Al-Shabaab alongside the Kenyans in southern Somalia.

On 15th January 2016, fighters from the Al-Shabaab group launched an attack on base for Kenyan troops in El-Adde where the group boasted to have killed over sixty Kenya soldiers.

The Kenyan army in Somalia used airpower to attack Al Shabaab positions, in response to a deadly attack on KDF base in El Adde town.

Kenya has 3,664 soldiers operating under the framework of AMISOM, who  are in Lower and Middle Juba and Gedo regions.