The leader of the al Shabaab Islamist terror group was killed in US airstrikes in Somalia, the Pentagon has confirmed.
Ahmed Abdi Godane was targeted in the September 1 strikes conducted by US special operations forces using manned and unmanned aircraft.
"Removing Godane from the battlefield is a major symbolic and operational loss to al Shabaab," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said in a statement on Friday.
The White House, under pressure to increase its efforts in battling terror groups including Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, hailed Godane's death as an "important step forward in the fight against al Shabaab".
US officials said on Monday that the airstrikes destroyed an encampment and a vehicle using several Hellfire missiles and laser-guided munitions.
The 37-year-old militant was reportedly trained by the Taliban in Afghanistan and took over the leadership of al Shabaab in 2008 after Adan Hashi Ayro was killed in a US missile attack.
The US had previously offered a reward of up to $7m for information leading to the arrest of Godane, who is the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-linked group.
Al Shabaab seeks to impose its own strict version of Sharia law in Somalia and has also carried out attacks in Kenya and Uganda.
The terror group claimed responsibility for the deadly 2013 attack on a mall in Nairobi that claimed the lives of more than 60 people, including four attackers.
Shabaab controlled most of the southern region of Somalia from 2006 until 2011, when African peacekeeping troops marched into the capital, Mogadishu.
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