NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – A man who allegedly fought alongside al-Shabaab fighters in an attack on Kenyan military base in Somalia which claimed lives over 200 soldiers turned himself in to Mandera authorities.
Heavily armed al-Shabaab fighters raided a base belonging to Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in El-Adde town of Gedo region in 2016. The group overran base killing majority of the soldiers in the base, highest of death toll suffered by Kenyan military in the history.
Khalif Abdinoor Mohamed claimed to have participated in the deadly attack.
According to Mandera Police officers, Mohamed ran away from the group late last month and had contacted local officials in Mandera county before he was handled over to the police.
“He deserted Al-Shabaab on August 30, 2020 at around 6pm. At 9pm when he reached Borehole 11, he was able to communicate with the OCPD Burahale who then facilitated his movement,” Kenya police said in a statement.
The statement reads that the suspect surrendered an AK47 rifle and three magazines with 92 rounds of ammunition.
Kenyan media reported that Preliminary findings show he was born in Bura at the Kenyan-Somalia border in a family of eight.
Mohamed reportedly told the police that he trained with the militant group at Saakow at the Saretha Kulmiye training school in Somalia.
The fighter claimed to have went through a nine-month extensive training in Buale where he received GPS training, how to use Motorola and how to carry out recce on camps and conduct assassinations.
The fighter is also believed to have been part of several bloody operations conducted in the past in Mogadishu and Baydhabo within Somalia.
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