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Al-Shabab fighters attack Kenya military base in Somalia | Al-Shabab fighters attack Kenya military base in Somalia |
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Islamist militant al-Shabab fighters have launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. | Islamist militant al-Shabab fighters have launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. |
The al-Qaeda-linked group says it has killed more than 50 soldiers and seized military vehicles and weapons. | The al-Qaeda-linked group says it has killed more than 50 soldiers and seized military vehicles and weapons. |
But a Kenyan military spokesman said the dawn attack was repelled, the base was not overrun and scores of insurgents were killed in the fighting. | But a Kenyan military spokesman said the dawn attack was repelled, the base was not overrun and scores of insurgents were killed in the fighting. |
A year ago al-Shabab carried out a similar attack on a Kenyan base in the town el-Ade. | A year ago al-Shabab carried out a similar attack on a Kenyan base in the town el-Ade. |
In that raid the Islamist group said it had killed more than 100 soldiers, but the Kenyan government refused to give its casualty figures. | In that raid the Islamist group said it had killed more than 100 soldiers, but the Kenyan government refused to give its casualty figures. |
Kenya's ministry of defence spokesman has not confirmed the deaths of any soldiers in the latest attack. | |
Lt Col Njuguna, however, did say that soldiers had killed "scores" of al-Shabab fighters when the attackers tried to enter the camp in Kolbiyow, near the Kenyan border, after setting off a car bomb. | |
Kenya contributes more than 3,600 troops to the Africa Union mission helping the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab in Somalia. | Kenya contributes more than 3,600 troops to the Africa Union mission helping the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab in Somalia. |
Who controls Somalia? |