UPDATE: Al Shabab claims to have killed two soldiers in a dawn attack on an army base in Daynunay area near Baidoa town. The group says it has briefly captured the area. No word from @SNAForce over the claims. pic.twitter.com/XMk0y7KPpS
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Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] has confirmed in confidence the death of three Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] soldiers who were serving in the peacekeeping mission, in the latest incident targeting troops in the Horn of Africa nation.
The incident which took place at Hosingow Forward Operating Base within Sector II of ATMIS saw an al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...lone gunman storm the base before firing indiscriminately. This was the first time the bully boyz were targeting a KDF military base in as many months.
According to the military official who spoke to the AP, the bully boy shot full of holes three soldiers injuring five others but was immediately killed after a brief shootout. The FOB in Hosingow is known as Sarira and is found in Lower Jubba where the bully boyz have been under attack from the peacekeepers.
Al-Shabaab through its media confirmed it had carried out the attack noting that it also killed a number of Æthiopian National Defense Forces [ENDF] officers at Waajid town within the Southwest state of Somalia.
"We believe the lone wolf was testing the ground and we are expecting more such incidents. We must be more careful and vigilant," said the Kenyan military official. "As we near the festivities, we need to be very vigilant of our surroundings. The terror threat is still rife and all measures should be taken to tame any plan."
Authorities in Nairobi have asked citizens to be vigilant because al-Shabaab bully boyz have been using several occasions such as the ongoing World Cup in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
to attack. In 2010 during the South Africa edition, the bully boyz killed over 76 people in Kampala, Uganda.
"It is at this time the bully boyz know we might let our guard down as we watch" the World Cup, the official said.
Kenyan troops, who are deployed to Somalia under the banner of the African Union, are active along the border with Somalia. Peacekeepers from Burundi and Uganda are based in or near the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the seat of the federal government.
There are close to 3,500 KDFsoldiers in Somalia who are helping the country to stabilize after several years of instability. The soldiers have managed to liberate several strategic towns and villages including Kismayo
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (always assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region....
, which was at one point under al-Shabaab and one of the largest income-generating towns.