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| Garissa university attack plotter 'dead' | Garissa university attack plotter 'dead' |
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| The leader of the attack on Garissa University in Kenya has been killed, officials in Somalia say. | The leader of the attack on Garissa University in Kenya has been killed, officials in Somalia say. |
| Kenya's government said Mohamed Kuno was behind the attack in April 2015 that killed 148 people. | Kenya's government said Mohamed Kuno was behind the attack in April 2015 that killed 148 people. |
| Regional forces in Somalia said Kuno was one of 16 people killed in a raid overnight in Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia. | Regional forces in Somalia said Kuno was one of 16 people killed in a raid overnight in Kismayo, a port city in southern Somalia. |
| Four of those who died were reportedly senior members of the al-Shabab Islamist militant group. | Four of those who died were reportedly senior members of the al-Shabab Islamist militant group. |
| The news was confirmed in a press conference held by Abdirashid Janan, the security minister in the Somali region of Jubaland, on Wednesday. | |
| After the Garissa attack, Kenya's government put up a $215,000 (£149,000) reward for Kuno's capture. | |
| Mohamed Kuno: Kenya's most wanted | |
| Africa Live: Latest updates | |
| A Kenyan-Somali, he was a headmaster at a madrassa, or Islamic school, in Garissa until 2007. | |
| But then he crossed the border into Somalia to join the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which at one point controlled much of the country. | |
| When the UIC collapsed, he joined the militant group Hizbul Islam, which in 2010 merged with al-Shabab. |