What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 2015
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.72° N, 44.51° E
- Description
- Attack by al-Shabaab on an African Union base on 26 June 2015
Battle of Leego (2015)
Attack by al-Shabaab on an African Union base in southwestern Somalia
Al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union Mission to Somalia base in the Leego district of Somalia and killed 70 African Union soldiers and seized control of their military base on 26 June 2015. A military outpost with around 100 Burundian soldiers was attacked by militants with a car bomb, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
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