Witnesses have confirmed claims that Islamic militants killed dozens of Kenyan troops in an attack on a remote military base in Somalia. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab told the Reuters news agency that the group was still pursuing “the Kenyan soldiers who ran away into the woods” after the attack. Kenyan military officials dismissed the claims as “completely false”. Another witness, Halima Kushow, said she saw Kenyan soldiers streaming out of the base after the militants arrived. In January 2016 al-Shabaab said it had killed more than 100 Kenyan soldiers at their base in El Adde, near the border.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2017 10:46 UTC