This archive report was first published on 5 January 2020.
On January 5, 2020, Al Shabaab, a Somali-based terror group, confirmed that they had attacked a US Camp Simba Naval base in Lamu County, Kenya.
The base, located in Manda Bay, is home to hundreds of US and Kenyan soldiers.
According to a statement from Al Shabaab, the base is used as a launch pad for the American 'crusade against Islam.'
The statement further claimed that the gunmen had taken control of a section of the base and inflicted casualties on both American and Kenyan soldiers.
Al Shabaab also claimed to have destroyed US military equipment, including aircraft and vehicles.
The Kenya Government has not issued a statement on the attack, despite heavy gunfire being heard at the base from as early as 4AM.
This attack comes just a few days after the terror group ambushed three Lamu-bound buses on Thursday last week, resulting in at least three deaths.
Al Shabaab has claimed that they will continue with such attacks as part of their operation 'Jerusalem will never be Judaized.'
On January 15, 2019, Al Shabaab terrorists attacked the Dusit complex in Nairobi, killing at least 21 people in retaliation to the US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel.
