2010 Kenya–Somalia border clash

2010 Kenya–Somalia border clash
Date July 20, 2010
Location Kenyan–Somali border
Belligerents
 Kenya (Al-Shabaab)
Casualties and losses
1 wounded 2 killed

Battles:
South Mogadishu – Mogadishu (2009) – Central Somalia – Wabho – Kisimayo – Beledweyne – Ayn – Kenyan border – Galgala – Mogadishu (2010) – Gedo – Linda Nchi

Major Bombings:
AU Base – Beledweyne – Mogadishu (2010) – Kampala – Mogadishu (2011)
Chronology: 2006 – 2007 – 2008 – 2009 – 2010 – 2011

The 2010 Kenya–Somalia border clash occurred on July 20, 2010, when Somali gunmen from the al Shabaab militia attacked a Kenyan border patrol along the border area in Liboi, Lagdera. There was a subsequent fierce exchange of fire between the two sides leading to the deaths of 2 militia and the wounding of one Kenyan officer.[1] Hundreds of security personnel were later deployed to the border following the clash and because of continued fighting between two militia groups in the neighboring town of Dobley, Somalia.[2] The Somali rebel group had previously claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Uganda in July.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ali, Noor.2 Kenyan forces, al Shabaab rebels clash on border, Reuters, July 20, 2010.
  2. ^ Border security intensified as rival militias clash, The Standard, July 29, 2010.