Borrell promises that the EU will support Kenya in its fight against the jihadist group Al Shabaab

June 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, assured this Monday that the EU will support Kenya in its fight against the jihadist group Al Shabaab after this group beheaded five people over the weekend.

“Terrorism has struck Lamu County, Kenya. As President William Ruto said recently: ‘Al Shabaab is not going to reverse the gains we have made in the last two years. We will confront them and defeat them.’ The EU will support Kenya in that fight,” Borrell posted on his Twitter account.

Last Saturday, more than 30 armed men stormed the villages of Salama and Juhudi, in Lamu county, beheading five civilians; this territory borders Somalia, where Al Shabaab also has a strong presence.

In the same region, six people were killed and more than a dozen houses burned down in January 2022 in another attack by Al Shabaab militiamen. Last week two Kenyan soldiers died and several more were injured by the explosion of a bomb in front of their vehicle on the road between Witu and Pandanguo.