Kenyan Soldiers Kill 11 Al-Shabaab Fighters in Somalia

Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have killed 11 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia.

The insurgents were killed during an operation in Kuday, Kismayo on Wednesday morning, according to David Goldman, the Director of Counter-Terrorism, National Security, and Intelligence Analysis at Strategic Intelligence.

Goldman said two vehicles belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group were destroyed during the aerial and ground operation.

The militants had earlier attacked Jubaland Security Forces (JSF) troops returning to their base after a clearance patrol, killing seven of them while three sustained injuries.

“Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) at Kuday FOB reinforced the JSF by deploying a gunship helicopter and a ground fighting patrol unit. The army intercepted the militants and their vehicles along the Kuday-Tosha Road and destroyed the vehicles and their occupants.”

“At the same time, Special Operators took out nine militants who had disengaged from the vehicles,” Goldman said.

Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on JSF troops, saying their fighters killed more than 20 Jubbaland soldiers.