Kenya accused of killing Somalia Govt soldiers in airstrikes

MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 14, 2015 (Garowe Online)-Somalia government official has accused Kenya of killing close to 50 in deadly airstrikes over the last two days, Garowe Online reports.

Somali National Army (SNA) commander Col. Adan Ahmed Hirsi said, Kenyan fighter jets made strikes against military bases, killing government soldiers and civilians caught unprepared in the aerial bombardment.

“Kenyan forces inflicted countless losses on our people, even they killed soldiers serving with Somali military after missile strikes on their base, and nobody will bring Kenya’s flagrant violation to account,” Hirsi told the media on Tuesday.

Apart from the commander’s claims, Mogadishu-based federal government and independent sources have not verified civilian casualties.

Air strikes have targeted rural areas where Al Shabaab is believed to have stashed its meager supplies.

Kenya has suffered from unrelenting violence since its troops crossed the border to battle Al Shabaab militants in border regions in 2011. 

GAROWE ONLINE