The Battle of Janale took place on September 1st 2015, when Al-Shabaab militants stormed an African Union military camp manned by Ugandan forces in the town of Janale, Lower Shabelle.
| 2015 Battle of Janale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the War in Somalia | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Al-Shabaab |
 Uganda | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Abdullah Ahmed Omar †[1] |
Unknown | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
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Sheikh Abu Zubeyr Battalion |
UPDF | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| dozens of | unknown | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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5 killed (Al-Shabbab claim) |
70 killed (Al-Shabbab claim)[2] 50 killed 50 missing (Western officials claim) | ||||
  Location within Somalia  Battle of Janale (2015) (Africa) | |||||
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Battle
editIt began after an Al Shabaab suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the perimeter of the base, which exploded at the front of the base. Al Shabaab later named the suicide bomber in a propaganda video as Abdullah Ahmed Omar, a former Somali soldier who defected to Al Shabaab in 2014.[3] Following that, a team of heavily armed fighters entered the breach and attacked the troops inside.[4] The attack was launched to commemorate one anniversary after the group's former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane's death, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in the previous year.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Journal. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". Horseed Media. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.