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KDF scores major victory with last week's killing of Al Shabaab militia

The public, under police instruction, remove bodies of slain Al Shabaab suspects from the tiny Mpeketoni Hospitual Mortuary in Lamu County for identification on Monday June 15. (Photo: Maarufu Mohammed/Standard)

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers have dealt a severe blow on the Al Shabaab by killing 11 militia in Boni forest, last week, military sources say.

“It is a very big blow to a generation of well-trained foreign fighters and those from Mombasa and surrounding areas,” said a senior intelligence officer in Mombasa.

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