FTL Somalia

Al-Shabaab Claims Kenyan Carried Suicide Bombing Attack against ATMIS Forces

Al-Shabaab has claimed that a Kenyan national drove one of the vehicles used in the recent attack against African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) forces.

Last week, Al-Shabaab militants attacked an ATMIS base containing a contingent from Burundi.

More than 30 Burundian soldiers lost their lives in the attack, which took place on May 3 at a military base in El-Baraf.

On May 11, Al-Shabaab identified one of the drivers as Jamaal Diba Diida, a Kenyan.

Diida is also known as Zubeyr Al-Muhaajir.