A spokesman for the armed group, which often launches attacks on African Union troops stationed in the Horn of Africa country, said on Friday that its fighters killed at least 57 Kenyans at the base in the town of Kulbiyow a day earlier.
Msemaji wa kundi linalojihami, ambalo mara nyingi hushambulia wanajeshi wa Umoja wa Afrika walioko katika nchi hiyo ya Pembe ya Afrika, alisema siku ya Ijumaa kwamba wapiganaji wake waliwaua takriban Wakenya 57 katika kambi ya mji wa Kulbiyow siku moja kabla.