Kenyan troops in Somalia clashed with Al-Shabaab fighters on Wednesday in one of the bloodiest encounters yet, in which two KDF soldiers and 73 militiamen were killed.
Hundreds of the Shabaab fighters attacked a KDF base at Fahfahdhun in Gedo, prompting the 7pm fight resulting in the highest number of casualties reported since the incursion into Somalia in October last year.
Military sources said Al-Shabaab had planned to overrun the camp but KDF troops, who had received prior intelligence reports on the attack, lay in wait for combat.
