Kenyan troops kill 31 ash-Shabab terrorists in Somalia's Jubbaland

Kenyan troops deployed in neighboring Somalia have carried out a raid on militants of the ash-Shabab Takfiri group, killing at least 31 of them.

The Kenyan military said on Monday that two bases of ash-Shabab terrorists in Somalia had been targeted in the raid, which took place a day earlier in the southern region of Jubbaland.

"Ground troops were supported by attack helicopters and artillery fire," the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) said in a statement, adding that 11 AK-47 assault rifles, communications equipment and uniforms were captured from the militants during the raid.

Ash-Shabab has yet to comment on the Kenyan military operation in the Baadhade district of Jubbaland. The al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group has a history of attacks on Kenyan soil, prompting the East African country to deploy thousands of its forces in Somalia as part of a regional mission to combat the militant group.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which includes soldiers from Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda, Ethiopia, and some other African countries, has managed to curb ash-Shabab’s attacks and improve security in Somalia.

Kenya said in early March that its forces had killed some 60 suspected ash-Shabab Takfiris during a raid in southern Somalia.

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