- Eleven other KDF soldiers were wounded in
the landmine attack.
- The incident occurred near Nusdariq
village in Gedo region
- The incident comes exactly one year after
the deadly El Adde attack.
Three Kenya Defence Force (KDF) soldiers have reportedly
been killed near the Kenyan border with Somalia.
KDF soldiers reportedly
killed in Somalia.
The Kenyan soldiers are said to have
attacked an al-Shabaab base near the village of Nusdariq, Gedo region in
Somalia.
The KDF soldiers during the engagement with
the militants hit a landmine which caused a huge explosion.
KDF soldiers reportedly
killed in Gedo region, Somalia near the Kenyan border.
Eleven other KDF soldiers were reported to
have been wounded during the explosion.
KDF soldiers managed to kill four
al-Shabaab militants during the fighting with the rest of the militants
fleeing.
KDF soldiers managed to
kill four al-Shabaab militants during the fighting.
KDF has not yet released a statement to
confirm the attack, which occured on Sunday, January 15, exactly one year after
the deadly El Adde attack.
The El Adde attack claimed lives of more
than 100 Kenyan soldiers, with several others injured and captured by the
militants, after they raided the Kenyan military camp at dawn.
KDF has not yet released
a statement to confirm the attack, which occured on Sunday, January 15, exactly
one year after the deadly El Adde attack.
According to residents of Nusdariq, KDF had
planned to flush out the militants before a fierce gunfight broke out.
Separately on Saturday, January 14, at
least two Kenyan soldiers were injured in an IED explosion in same area near
Nusdariq village.
"Hundreds of KDF soldiers were seen
walking through the forest after the explosions, copters transported the
wounded back into Kenya," VOA journalist Harun
Maruf tweeted.
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