Kenyan mall attack mastermind killed in U.S. drone strike

Adan Garar, the mastermind of the 2013 terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, was killed last Thursday when as many as three Hellfire missiles struck the vehicle he was in, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.

Garar was said to be a member of al-Shabab's security wing, NBC News reports. He reportedly survived the drone strike, in the Bay region of Somalia, but was severely burned and paralyzed from the waist down, and he eventually died from his injuries. There was no word on the other people in the vehicle with him.

The attack on the Westgate Mall killed at least 67 people and injured 200. Al-Shabab said it targeted the luxury shopping center to get revenge against the Kenyan government for helping Somalia in its fight against the terrorist group.

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