Kenyan airstrikes kill 60 in Somalia

More than 60 people have been killed after Kenyan warplanes bombarded southern Somalia, a Kenyan military spokesman has announced. The airstrikes happened in Garbaharey town on Friday, Col. Cyrus Oguna said Saturday. He claimed that 60 al-Shabab fighters were killed and about 50 others were injured in the airstrikes. Last October, Kenya sent soldiers over its border into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab. The Kenyan military claims to have killed hundreds of Somali fighters, but eyewitnesses said civilians are the victims of the airstrikes. Kenyan troops are currently fighting al-Shabab in Somalia's south. Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991, when warlords overthrew former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.