Two soldiers die in a bomb attack carried out by suspected members of Al Shabaab in Kenya
June 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Somali Army has announced on Monday the death of more than 40 alleged members of Al Shabaab, including two senior members of the group, in a bombardment carried out on Friday in the surroundings of the town of Jamame, located in the Lower Juba Usr region. ).
Military sources cited by the Somali news agency SONNA have indicated that a total of 43 suspected jihadists were killed, including Aden Abdirahmán Aden and Idris Abdirahim Nur, described as prominent commanders of the organization.
Thus, they have specified that the bombing was carried out against a meeting of members of the group who were planning an attack against the Barsanguni military base, which houses Somali troops and local militias that support the Army in its offensive against Al Shabaab.
The announcement comes after Somali authorities said on Friday they had killed Ali Ahmed Guure, alias ‘Ali Qoyane’, a senior Al Shabaab official, during an operation carried out by US-trained Danab special forces, in the Galgaduud region (center).
Separately, at least two Kenyan soldiers were killed and about 20 wounded on Sunday in an attack carried out by suspected members of Al Shabaab in Lamu county, located near the border with Somalia, amid the upsurge in incidents. of this type in recent weeks.
According to information collected by the Kenyan newspaper ‘The Star’, the military was participating in a response by the security forces to an attack against a team from the General Service Unit (GSU) in the area, when their vehicle stepped on an explosive device. handmade near Mlima wa Faru.
The incident comes about a week after the death of about 15 members of the security forces in several attacks carried out in the counties of Lamu and Garissa, which has raised fears of an expansion of attacks by Al Shabaab in Kenya in the face of the pressure the group is coming under due to increased security operations in Somalia.
Somalia has in recent months increased its offensives against Al Shabaab, linked to Al Qaeda, with the support of clans and local militias as part of a series of decisions taken by the president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who promised upon taking office to put the fight counterterrorism at the center of its efforts to stabilize the African country.
