Three Americans killed in al Shabaab militant attack on base in Kenya


  • World
  • Sunday, 05 Jan 2020

Travellers are seen gathered at the Lamu jetty following an attack by Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on a military base in Manda, Lamu, Kenya January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Abdalla Barghash

NAIROBI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Americans - one U.S. military servicemember and two contractors - were killed by Somalia's al Shabaab militant group during an attack on Sunday on a military base in Kenya used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces, the U.S. military said.

The military's Africa Command confirmed the deaths and said two other Americans who work for the U.S. Department of Defense were also wounded in the attack on the Manda Bay Airfield in Lamu county, close to the Somali border.

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