Somalia: not piracy catch all thread

[davidbfpo]

Once again a Kenyan base has been attacked, just inside Somalia this time and Al-Shabab spokesman claims:

Islamic militant group says it killed at least 57 soldiers in takeover of peacekeeping base in Kulbiyow, Somalia

Curiously a Somali Army officer at the base comments:

Captain Nur Muhidin, a Somali national army officer stationed in Kulbiyow, said the troops spotted the al-Shabaab convoy before the attack and shelled it with mortars.
Muhidin described an intense firefight that continued for close to an hour before the militants secured the complex. He said the base had been manned by at least 120 Kenyan soldiers deployed with the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) and dozens had been killed in the attack. Local forces were also among the casualties.
“We are yet to confirm the number of the Kenya and Somali soldiers lost in this attack. But I can say this was a disaster,”

Link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ops-in-somalia