The Kenyan army killed 21 al Shabaab militants in a town in southern Somalia after two of its own soldiers were killed in an ambush by the insurgents, a military spokesman said.
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Officials said two KDF personnel were also killed in one of the clashes that happened on Saturday afternoon.
He said from the two incidents, KDF troops had recovered 27 AK 47 rifles, five rocket propelled grenades, a pistol, two PKM machine guns and ammunition.
Obonyo said Kenyan soldiers killed another 13 fighters on Sunday near Ras Kamboni in southern Somalia. “The injured were evacuated and are receiving medical attention”, he said of the incident on Saturday.
In a statement to newsrooms and signed by KDF Public Affairs boss Col. David Obonyo, the Al Shabaab fighters laid an ambush on an Amisom convoy destroying a KDF vehicle after hurling Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to the convoy.
The latest incident brings to 34 the number of Al-Shabaab militants who have been killed in the last 24 hours in separate shootout incidents in the Horn of Africa nation.
Kenya is among five countries contributing troops to an African Union force that is bolstering Somalia’s government against al-Shabab’s insurgency and of the troop-contributing countries has borne the brunt of retaliatory attacks from al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab killed up to 200 Kenyan soldiers in a January attack, according to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Jubbaland state army commanders in the region, confirm that they are figuring out the casualty numbers on Al shabaab militants as a result of the airstrike on Sindigow village.
Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operation spokesman, told Reuters on Saturday their fighters had killed 12 soldiers.
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