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Military probes ISIS link in deadly assault on KDF soldiers

The military is investigating whether the murderous Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) terror group had a hand in last Friday’s attack on Kenya Defence Forces in Somalia in which tens of soldiers are reported to have been killed.

Last year in December, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet revealed that Al Shabaab had split into two groups; one supporting ISIS and the other allied to Al Qaeda.

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