Battle of Baure
| 2015 Battle of Baure | |||||||
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| Part of the War in Somalia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Al-Shabaab |
 Kenya | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Abdul Hakim †[1] Abu Nusaybah |
Christipo Mutali[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 11 killed | 2 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Baure was an Al-Shabaab attack on a Kenyan military base located next to the town of Baure, in Lamu County, Kenya.
The attack
On the morning of 14 June at approximately 5.45am a group of al-Shabaab militants attacked the Kenyan army base. After a short engagement on the perimeter of the base the attack was repulsed, leaving 11 Al-Shabaab fighters and 2 Kenyan soldiers dead.[citation needed] The Al-Shabaab second-in-command was 25 year old British-born Thomas Evans ("Abdul Hakim"), who filmed the attack with a camera strapped to his body, and Evans died in the fighting. Evans was well integrated into al-Shabaab, having first joined in 2012, he spoke fluent Somali and issued commands and communicated with fellow fighters through radio.[1] German-born Andreas Martin Muller ("Abu Nusaybah") also took part in the attack, and escaped alive but wounded.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Al-Shabab Briton 'second in command'". BBC News. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ "Kenya says German citizen among gunmen who attacked military base". Reuters. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2020-02-12.