{"id":191673,"date":"2016-02-20T07:28:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T07:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=191673"},"modified":"2016-02-20T07:28:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T07:28:25","slug":"kenya-military-kills-20-al-shabaab-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/kenya-military-kills-20-al-shabaab-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya military kills 20 Al-Shabaab terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kenyan Military announced Friday that they had killed 20 Al Shabaab terrorists, including their main explosives expert identified as Maalim Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The raid was undertaken at the terror group\u2019s training camp in Sidimo aka Catama in the Gedo region, a statement from the military headquarters in Nairobi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDuring the engagement, the AMISOM troops killed 20 terrorists while many others escaped with multiple injuries,\u201d said Col David Obonyo, Spokesman for the Kenya military.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Maalim is an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) expert and was the \u201cmain target\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMaalim has been the architect of the various IED incidents in Gedo region,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the incident, Obonyo said, the military seized 16 AK47 rifles, 6 IEDs, 2 pistols, 8 RPGs, assorted ammunition and a Global Positioning System (GPS).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KDF has lately intensified attacks on Al Shabaab terrorists since January 15 when the militant group overran its camp in El Adde, Somalia, killing many soldiers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: Capitalnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan Military announced Friday that they had killed 20 Al Shabaab terrorists, including their main explosives expert identified as Maalim Sheriff. 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