Al-Shabaab have praised a Kenyan suicide bomber who helped them capture the strategic town of Amara which lies on the route to their stronghold coastal town of Harardheere.
The terrorist group stormed a military base in Amara on August 24th 2021 killing at least six people including soldiers and civilians.
Residents of Amara said the morning assault started with a suicide bomb attack which targeted government special force units, known as Danab and Darawish.
Somali National Army Forces left the base two days after the attack, only for Al-Shabaab to move in and re-occupied the town.
Al Shabaab’s Radio Andalus said in a broadcast the group was behind the attack and the capture of the town, adding it had seized 14 cars and 10 gun-mounted pick up trucks.
Somali government and regional forces took control of Amara in early August, the town had been under Al Shabaab control for the last 10 years.
Al-Shabaab on Wednesday September 8th claimed that its suicide bomber who attacked the army base was a Kenya, born and raised in Mombasa.
The terrorist group said a Kenyan by the name Abdirahman Zeynudin was the driver of the Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED).
It is still not clear how and when Abdirahman Zeynudin joined Al-Shabaab. Security reports indicate that most Kenyans who join the militant group come from the north eastern and coastal parts of Kenya, particularly Kwale and Lamu counties.
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