Kenya shells Somali coastal town

A Kenyan warship fired at a Somali coastal town considered the last stronghold of the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab, a Kenyan Army spokesman said. The ship fired 10 rounds into the town of Kismayo, after provocation by an al-Shabaab gunboat, the Voice of America said Tuesday. No injuries were reported. Although Kenya is part of ANISOM, a multinational force it says is responsible for reducing al-Shabaab's influence in Somalia from control of most of central and southern Somalia to only a few towns, Kenyan Army spokesman Emmanuel Chirchir said Kenya acted alone in the shelling attack.