Kenyan troops kill 5 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia

17 Mai 2020

Nairobi, Kenya, May 17 (Infosplusgabon) - Kenyan soldiers under the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) Sunday said they had quelled a planned Al Shabaab militants attack on Somalia national army at Bilis Qoo-qani town in Somalia.

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Spokesperson Colonel Zipporah Kioko said the attack on Saturday left five militants dead.

She told the press the attack occurred in the  Afmadow district of the Lower Juba region, southern Somalia.

Twenty members of the outlawed Somali Islamist group attacked a Somalia National Army camp from three directions.

Five militants were killed in the ensuing battle with five AK47 rifles recovered.

“KDF will continue to work closely with SSF in support of operations to restore peace and reduce the threat posed by Al-Shabaab,” she said.

The KDF controls Sector Two which is the southernmost AMISOM frontline sector based in the border town of Dhobley which sits across the common border between Somalia and Kenya.

Kenya Defence Forces have forward operating bases in 10 other towns apart from Billis Qooqani which came under attack.

AMISOM is a peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union in Somalia with approval by the UN.

AU members contributing soldiers to AMISOM are -Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

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