Battle of Leego (2015)
Battle of Leego (2015) | |
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Part of Leego, Somalia 2°42′55″N 44°30′46″E / 2.7154°N 44.5128°E | |
Result |
Al-Shabaab Victory, AMISOM Strategic Victory Al-Shabaab briefly captures Leego base, before withdrawing. |
Ahmad Umar
27 wounded
Leego district of Somalia and killed more than 70 African Union soldiers and seized control of their military base on 26 June 2015.[1][2][3] A military outpost with around 100 Burundian soldiers was attacked by militants with a car bomb, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades
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The Mail & Guardian described the attack as the "latest attack during the insurgents’ annual Ramadan fighting season."[3] It was reported that militants beheaded survivors of the attack at the base. Footage has been released of barefoot dead soldiers and a soldier being shot.[4]
Somali and AMISOM troops reportedly retook the base and town on 28 June while al-Shabaab withdrew and offered no resistance to them but not before beheading the local Deputy District commissioner among the captives they took.[5]
The battle coincided with the
ISIL
and its sympathizers. However no direct link between the al-Shabaab attack and the other attacks that day exists.
See also
- 2015 timeline of the War in Somalia
References
- ^ "Al-Shabab Attack Kills Scores of AU Troops". VOA. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ "Al-Shabaab kills dozens of African Union troops at base in Somalia". the Guardian.
- ^ a b "UPDATE: Al-Shabaab claim that they had killed 30 soldiers when they 'overrun' AU Somalia base manned by Burundi troops". Mail & Guardian Africa. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
- ^ "Al-Shabaab kills dozens of African Union troops at base in Somalia".
- AllAfrica.com. 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-26.