Someone’s jihad just came to a rather abrupt end.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US strike on Monday, according to the Pentagon.

Somali authorities were trying to verify on Wednesday whether the leader of al-Shabab was killed or wounded in a US airstrike, a government spokesman said.

Somalia’s government was certain that the strike hit ‘‘a gathering’’ of leaders of the Islamic extremist al-Shabab group and they were ‘‘in the process’’ of confirming who was hit in the attack Monday night, said Ridwaan Abdiwali.

Abdiwali praised US support in the war on the Al Qaeda-linked militant group whose leader claimed responsibility for a deadly attack a year ago on an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

The strikes, conducted by special operations forces using manned and unmanned aircraft, targeted Godane, 37, al-Shabab’s spiritual leader, the US confirmed Tuesday.