1 killed as Somali, Kenyan troops clash in border town

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: 04:09 pm Jan 12, 2018

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 file photo, Somalis observe bodies which were brought to and displayed in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, following a raid by foreign and Somali forces on a farm in Bariire village in southern Somalia. A spokesman for U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 that its head Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser has asked the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to look into whether civilians were killed during the raid by Somali troops supported by U.S. special operations forces. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

MOGADISHU: A Somali military officer says one Somali soldier has been killed in brief clashes between Somali and Kenyan troops in a border town.

Mohamed Ahmed says the Somali soldiers fought Friday morning with Kenyan soldiers on patrol in Elwak, a town near the Kenyan border. He says the Kenyan soldiers mistook the Somali soldiers for al-Shabab extremists and that the clashes lasted more than 20 minutes. The Somalia-based al-Shabab has carried out numerous deadly attacks inside Kenya in recent months. Kenya is one of several regional countries contributing troops to an African Union force in Somalia fighting al-Shabab.

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1 killed as Somali, Kenyan troops clash in border town