Battle of Baure

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.

2015 Battle of Baure
Part of the War in Somalia
Date14 June 2015
Location
Baure, Lamu, Kenya
Result Attack repulsed
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab Kenya
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Hakim  †[1]
Abu Nusaybah		 Christipo Mutali[1]
Casualties and losses
11 killed 2 killed

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. 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
  1. "Al-Shabab Briton 'second in command'". BBC News. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  2. "Kenya says German citizen among gunmen who attacked military base". Reuters. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
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