This archive report was first published on 5 January 2020.
On Sunday, a dawn attack on the Manda-Magogoni naval base in Lamu County, southeastern Kenya, left four Al Shabaab fighters dead, according to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
The attack occurred just a week after the US said it carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed four Shabaab terrorists following a massive car bomb that killed 79 people in the capital Mogadishu recently.
There were no casualties on either the Kenyan or US side following the attack, the KDF stated.
The militants had launched a 5am attack on Manda Air Strip, which is next to Camp Simba - a Kenyan naval base with a US military presence.
"This morning at around 5.30am an attempt was made to breach security at Manda Air Strip. The attempted breach was successfully repulsed. Four terrorists bodies have so far been found. The airstrip is safe," KDF Spokesperson Col Paul Njuguna said.
Locals also reported that gunfire had stopped in the area, and the KDF aircraft responded with some bombs, foiling the attack.
