Maalim Ayman was wanted over attack on airbase in Kenya in 2020 that left three Americans dead
Somali troops and US forces have killed a senior commander of the al-Shabaab militant group who had a $10m bounty on his head over an attack that left three Americans dead.
“Maalim Ayman, a senior leader of al-Shabaab, was confirmed to have been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Army with assistance from US forces on December 17th,” Kenya’s information minister, Daud Aweis, said on X on Thursday.
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