Islamist militant al-Shabab fighters direct keep launched an assault on a Kenyan armed forces base of operations inwards southern Somalia.
The al-Qaeda-linked grouping says it has killed to a greater extent than than l soldiers in addition to seized armed forces vehicles in addition to weapons.
But a Kenyan armed forces spokesman said the dawn assault was repelled, the base of operations was non overrun in addition to scores of insurgents were killed inwards the fighting.
A twelvemonth agone al-Shabab carried out a like assault on a Kenyan base of operations inwards the town el-Ade.
In that raid the Islamist grouping said it had killed to a greater extent than than 100 soldiers, exactly the Kenyan regime refused to laissez passer on its casualty figures.
Kenya's ministry building of defense forcefulness spokesman has non confirmed the deaths of whatever soldiers inwards the latest attack.
Lt Col Paul Njuguna, however, did tell that soldiers had killed "scores" of al-Shabab fighters when the attackers tried to movement into the army camp inwards Kolbiyow, most the Kenyan border, later on setting off a auto bomb.
Al-Shabab says it has taken command of the base of operations in addition to surrounding area, according to the AFP intelligence agency.
Kenya contributes to a greater extent than than 3,600 troops to the Africa Union mission helping the UN-backed regime tackle al-Shabab inwards Somalia.
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