Kenya says 9 soldiers killed in attack in Somalia

CAIRO – 8 May 2018: Kenya's president said on Monday that nine Kenyan soldiers were killed when extremists attacked their patrol car in neighboring Somalia.

President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the soldiers who were killed Sunday evening in an al-Shabab attack in Dhobley, Somalia, ABC News reported.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had killed and wounded 15 soldiers, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist groups.

Kenyan troops are part of an African Union force bolstering Somalia's weak government against an insurgency by the Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab.