"They were camps formed by the holy warriors as they planned to conduct attacks in various parts of Lamu," said Boni Enclave Campaign director Joseph Kanyiri.
He confirmed that security officers also recovered weapons, including AK-47 rifles, grenade-making tools, food and medicine in the camps.
Speaking to the Nation on Monday, Mr Kanyiri said an undisclosed number of Shabaab
Others escaped with bullet wounds, he added.
Mr Kanyiri urged hospitals in Lamu, Tana River, Garissa, Kilifi and Mombasa counties to report to the police anyone seeking treatment for bullet wounds.
He said the operation was successful as it eliminated al-Shabaab
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the personification of Somali state failure...In September 2015, the national government launched the ’Linda Boni’ operation with the objective of flushing out the al-Shabaab elite group Jaish al-Ayman from Boni Forest.
The militia group was said to have been operating from the forest since 2012 in retaliation to the deployment of Kenyan troops to Somalia to conduct in the Linda Nchi Operation.