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Kenya says Al-Shabaab members died in premature bomb blast
[RADIOSHABELLE] Four al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure...snuffies were killed after an improvised bomb (IED) they were setting up apparently detonated prematurely in Kenya’s coastal Lamu region early Thursday, the police confirmed. A number of snuffies were also injured in the 3 a.m. incident near a bridge in Lamu East, said Lamu security operation director Joseph Kanyiri. "I can confirm that four of the snuffies died from an IED kaboom," he said. "It seems the device went off before they were done setting it up, killing three snuffies on the spot while another died a few minutes later. "Perhaps their mothers will miss them,...but I doubt it"  "Three badly charred bodies were recovered on the scene while another was picked up a few meters away. It seems he was trying to get away but succumbed to injuries," Kanyiri added.The area falls within the infamous Boni forest where a security operation, dubbed Linda Boni, has been underway since 2015 to flush out snuffies there. The snuffies have been using the forest to stage attacks on local civilians and security personnel. Kanyiri said three loaded AK-47 magazines, 12 loose rounds of ammunition and a magazine pouch were also recovered at the scene. The tourism resort region of the coast has been a target of terror attacks in the past, often staged by al-Shabaab bully boyz who waged a war against Kenya soon after it deployed its military to war-ravaged Somalia in October 2011. Kenyan police believe al-Shabaab remains a major threat in the border areas, noting that the terror group’s targets include security personnel and establishments along the border as well as commuter vehicles plying routes along the border and coastal regions. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-15 |
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