2015 Battle of Janale
Part of the War in Somalia
Date1 September 2015
Location
Janale, Lower Shebelle, Somalia
1°48′26.000″N 44°41′43.084″E / 1.80722222°N 44.69530111°E / 1.80722222; 44.69530111
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab

AMISOM

Uganda Uganda
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Uganda Unknown
Units involved

Al-Shabaab

  • Sheikh Abu Zubeyr Battalion
 Uganda UPDF
Strength
dozens of unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown 70 killed
(Al-Shabbab claim)[1]
50 killed
50 missing
(Western officials claim)
Battle of Janale (2015) is located in Somalia
Battle of Janale (2015)
Location within Somalia
Battle of Janale (2015) is located in Africa
Battle of Janale (2015)
Battle of Janale (2015) (Africa)

The battle took place when Al-Shabaab militants stormed an AMISOM base in Janale when one of its fighters rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the perimeter of the base, then a team of heavily armed fighters entered the breach and attacked the troops inside.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Journal. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". Horseed Media. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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