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May 2015 Garissa Ambush
On 26 May 2015, Kenyan police were ambushed by Al-Shabaab (militant group), Al-Shabaab in Garissa County, which borders with Somalia. The attack comes amid intensifying Islamist militancy in the county, which was the scene of the Garissa University College attack in April 2015. Background Since late 2011, Kenya has seen an upsurge in violent Terrorism, terrorist attacks. Kenyan government officials asserted that many of the murders and blasts were carried out by Al-Shabaab (militant group), Al-Shabaab in retaliation for Operation Linda Nchi, a coordinated military mission between the Military of Somalia, Somali military and Kenya Defence Forces, Kenyan military that began in October 2011, when troops from Kenya crossed the border into the conflict zones of southern Somalia. The Kenyan government has deployed its forces under the wider African Union Mission to Somalia, and announced in March 2012 that it would be sending 5,000 troops to join the coalition. Since the Operation Linda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shabaab (militant Group)
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM; ar, حركة الشباب المجاهدين, translit=Ḥarakat ash-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn, so, Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Alshabaab, ), more commonly known as al-Shabaab, is an Islamic fundamentalist Salafi jihadist group which is based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. It is actively involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War. Even though its membership incorporates Somali nationalist elements, al-Shabaab's central aims are Salafi jihadist. Allegiant to the militant pan-Islamist organization al-Qaeda since 2012, it has also been suspected of forging ties with Boko Haram, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Formed in the mid-2000s as part of the Islamic Courts Union, al-Shabaab came to prominence during the 2006–2009 Somalia War, during which it presented itself as a vehicle for the waging of armed resistance against the Ethiopian occupation. In subsequent years, it became a dominant forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |