Somalia: Al Shabaab says shoots down Kenyan Fighter Jet
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- Posted On 04-12-2014, 09:04PM
KISMAYO, Somalia Dec 4, 2014 (Garowe Online)-As Kenya is fending off wave of terror threats, Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab militants claimed credit for Kenyan fighter jet crash on Thursday, Garowe Online reports.
The warplane was shot down shortly after it returned from combat mission according to sources close to Islamist insurgents.
Kenyan Air Force made strikes against Al Shabaab hideouts near Buula Gadud, some 50 km west of the southern port city of Kismayo.
A statement released by army reveals that the warplane developed mid-air mechanical crisis and subsequently crushed.
Independent sources in Kismayo tell Garowe Online that jets had since been pummeling Al Shabaab bases in the riverside village of Gosha.
Somali militants have killed scores of non-Muslim Kenyans in two separate rampages, making the security of the country’s northeastern county extremely volatile.
Kenya Defence Force (KDF) crossed the border into Somalia in late 2011 in pursuit of Al Shabaab fighters.
GAROWE ONLINE
