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Four injured KDF soldiers flown to Nairobi after al Shabaab attack

Chief of Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe and Raychelle Omamo (R) Cabinet Secretary for Defence among other senior military officials receive one of four injured Kenya Defence Forces soldiers after al Shabaab attack in Somalia.They were airlifted to Nairobi's Wilson Airport today after being rescued. (PHOTO: EDWARD KIPLIMO/ STANDARD)

Four Kenya Defence Forces personnel who were injured when Al-Shabaab militants attacked their base in Somalia were flown to Nairobi on Sunday aboard two private jets.

The four male soldiers were received by the Chief of Defence Forces Gen Samson Mwathethe, Army Commander Lieutenant General Leonard Ngondi, Kenya Airforce Commander Samuel Thuita and Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo.

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