Alleged mastermind of Kenya mall attack killed in U.S. drone strike

At least 67 people were killed in the 2013 attack.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for Kenya’s sending of troops into Somalia.

A senior Kenyan official, who insisted on anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to give the information to the media, told the Associated Press that Garar was also suspected of planning failed attacks on Kenya’s coast and in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, last year.