NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan military spokesman says a Kenyan soldier and five militants were killed in firefight in the coastal county of Lamu between Kenyan troops and militants from the Somali extremist group al-Shabab.
1 Kenyan soldier and 5 militants die in extremists attack of Kenyan army, Kenya military says
Col. David Odongo said Kenyan troops on routine "administrative duties" Wednesday near the Somalia border identified the site where the militants were preparing to stage an ambush and a shootout ensued. Odongo says three soldiers were wounded.
Lamu County has been on a five-month dusk to dawn curfew following al-Shabab attacks in June and July that left 87 people dead. Al-Shabab has vowed retribution for the presence of Kenyan troops supporting Somalia's weak government to fight the militants.
Kenya has suffered a string of attacks blamed on al-Shabab since it sent its troops to Somalia in October 2011.
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