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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...turbans who fled with gunshot wounds has been intensified in Taksile and Pandanguo, Lamu County, shortly after 10 other turbans were killed during an ambush on their hideout by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers on Monday morning.
During the 6.45am ambush, KDF officers were able to recover seven AK-47 rifles and assorted ammunition.
Security sources who talked to the Nation on condition of anonymity since they are not authorised to speak to the media said they expect the al-Shabaab corpse count to rise since several others fled with multiple injuries.
Emerging details on the attack also reveal that the killings were conducted by KDF officers who were forced to patrol on foot due to bad weather in the area currently.
Since Sunday, it has been raining heavily in the area and it is generally cloudy, a situation that forced the soldiers to conduct the patrols on foot instead of using choppers.
The attack was launched deep inside Boni Forest at Taksile which is about 25 kilometres from Pandanguo village in Lamu West.
"We were patrolling on foot and we spotted them deep inside the forest at a place called Taksile. We decided to attack them and an exchange of fire ensued for about half an hour. We managed to kill 10 of them while three of my colleagues were maimed," said an officer.