[Garowe] The Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] killed at least four al-Shabaab ...... Somalia's version of the Taliban ...Arabic for students... , functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... turbans on Saturday in the porous Boni Forest, which has been operating as temporary shelter for the al-Qaeda linked group, which often attacks various places in Kenya.
Al-Shabaab had increased its presence in Kenya particularly in Lamu, Garissa, Mandera, and Wajir counties which border Somalia. There is a heavy presence of KDF soldiers and those from the US Africa Command in the said counties.
In a statement, the KDF Communication office said the turbans were trying to cross over from Somalia when the incident occurred leading to a heavy exchange of gunfire in Sarira just within the vicinity of Boni Forest.
During the encounter, the statement confirmed, several turbans escaped with serious injuries to neighboring Somalia.
As Dr. Steve of the salmon (“It’s not pink!!) highlight used to say, “Pray for sepsis,” although gangrene would also be acceptable.
The KDF team did not suffer any notable injuries, the statement noted.
"The Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] engaged and killed four al-Shabaab turbans in Sarira, Boni Forest in Lamu County. The turbans were trying to cross over to Kenya through a common border. Others escaped with serious injuries to Somalia," reads the statement.
"No injuries were recorded on the Kenyan side during the encounter. The KDF troops have intensified operations in Boni and will continue to protect the local residents and get rid of al-Shabaab," KDF added.
Currently, there are close to 3500 Kenyan troops serving under the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Mission Forces [AMISOM] in Somalia and are set to continue serving under reconfigured force. The AMISOM team has been instrumental in pushing for peace in the country.
Terrorists have shot a prospective Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, candidate from Government Science Secondary School, Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State.
The victim was on his way to register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), in Kaduna, when he was attacked by the terrorists.
UTME is a computer-based standardised examination for prospective undergraduates in Nigeria.
He, however, escaped with bullet wounds, but seven other road users were not that lucky.
Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari, Chairman, Birnin Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance, in a statement, explained that the terrorists killed seven locals in the community.
He lamented the resurgence of violence in the area, saying it had become a daily experience for the locals who are being terrorised by the insurgents.
He further explained that three other people escaped with mild wounds, adding that 57 others were abducted.
According to him, “the nightmare of armed banditry along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway has further deteriorated in the last 24 hours".
About eight worshippers have been abducted by terrorists during a church service at Salama Baptist Church in a village called Gidigori in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State.
A source from the community told Daily Trust the incident occurred at about 10 am on Sunday, adding that the pastor of the Church was among the abductees.
It was gathered that the church is close to Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State.
Similarly, in December 2020, a 37-year-old pastor with the Evangelical Church Winning All in Chikuba town in the Shiroro Local Government Area of the state, Reverend Jeremiah Ibrahim, was killed by bandits.
The victim was killed when the assailants invaded his church.
Also in November 2021, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph Hayab, confirmed the killing of two persons and the abduction of 66 worshippers. He also said three other victims were seriously injured by the bandits.
At least 17 people, including a father and son, were killed when suspected bandits raided villages in Mashegu, Lavun and Wushishi Local Government Areas of Niger State. Many fled their homes as a result of the attacks, which occurred between 12pm and 8pm on Saturday.
In the Mashegu Local Government Area, the villages attacked were Sahon-Rami, Igbede, Chekaku, Ubegi, Maishankafi and Poshi.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Mashegu Local Government Chairman, Mohammed A. Isah, said the Chief of Staff to Mashegu Local Government Chairman, Umar Ubegi, and his father were killed during the attack. Also killed was the Village Head of Poshi, and seven others in Sahon-Rami and Maishankafi.
“They moved from one village to the other on motorcycles, killing and kidnapping people. They also rustled cows belonging to villagers. About 13 communities were sacked and people have fled. Tension is high in our local government now. These people have been operating since Friday. But only one village was attacked on Friday which was Sahon-Rami. The remaining villages were attacked today (Saturday),” he said.
In the Lavun Local Government Area, ten villages were reportedly attacked, leaving no fewer than three persons dead while 3 others were kidnapped.
The villages attacked in Lavun Local Government were Egbako, Dabban, Kupa, Ndaruka, Tsogi, Mawogi, Yemi, Managi, Kanko and Gogaga. Yakubu Mohammed, a resident of Egbako, one of the communities attacked, said, “They started the operation around 12pm, moving from one village to another. For now, we have only discovered the dead bodies of three persons. They also went away with three others.”
The affected communities are 36 kilometres away from Bida, and less than 30 kilometres from the palace of Etsu Nupe.
At least 13 people were reportedly killed by fighters from the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP, within 48 hours in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria.
ISWAP on Sunday reportedly attacked Sabongari village, a few kilometres from Damboa town in the Damboa Local Government Area of the state.
“The attackers left seven people dead,” local vigilantes told Daily Post on Sunday.
This comes barely 24 hours after an attack was reported in Mandaragirau and Ghuma villages in the Biu Local Government Area.
It was also less than 48 hours after the insurgents attacked Kautikari village in Chibok, leaving several persons dead.
Locals in Mandaragirau village said this is the second time the insurgents will be attacking their village in February.
According to them, the first time, they abducted some young men from the village, who are still in captivity.
The attack in Mandaragirau village left three persons dead with scores injured, according to locals from the area.
“In Ghuma village, they abducted two girls and looted food items. They also razed down shops and took some livestock with them,” a witness, Umar Audu, said.
Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a bully boy of the LeT outfit and recovered a pistol from his possession in south Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Anantnag district.
Police in a statement said that Shahid Thoker, son of Mohd Iqbal Thoker, a resident of Nossipora Keegam Shopian was apprehended at a checkpoint.
"Incriminating materials and a pistol was recovered from his possession," police said.
"As per police records, the arrested terrorist is a categorized terrorist as he had recently joined the terror folds of proscribed terror outfit LeT, " it added.
Shafaq News/ Turkey's warplanes reportedly bombarded sites of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) inside the territory of the Kurdistan Region today, Sunday.
A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the bombardment mainly targeted the PKK sites in Kani Masi district, north of Duhok.
Residents of the area shared with Shafaq News agency footage showing smoke plumes rising from the targeted sites.
The Turkish fighter jets bombarded the same area earlier today.
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TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – A woman, from a village in the northern countryside of Hasakah, was wounded Sunday due to the Turkish bombardment of the area this morning.
The Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed Syrian opposition factions targeted today the village of Umm al-Khair, wounding the 30-year-old Marwa Khalif.
The woman was wounded by several shrapnel and was taken to a hospital in Hasakah for an urgent operation, a medical source at Legarin Hospital in Tel Tamr told North Press.
This morning, the villages of Tel Shnan were subjected to continuous bombardment for about an hour, with more than 25 artillery shells and mortars, reporting material damage to property, according to an eyewitness.
Later, Turkish bombardment focused on the villages of Umm al-Khair and Dashisha in the western countryside of the town of Tel Tamr.
All areas on the contact lines in the northern countryside of Hasakah up to the northwestern countryside of Raqqa, are witnessing almost daily shelling by Turkish forces and the Turkish-backed Syrian opposition factions.
ALEPPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – The Turkish-backed Military Police arrested yesterday a civilian of Afrin region in Aleppo northern countryside, north Syria.
“Members of the Military Police raided a village in Maabatli district of Afrin countryside and arrested Jwan Muhammad Youssef without knowing the reasons,” an eyewitness told North Press.
According to the monthly report of the Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria (VDC-NSY), the Turkish-backed National Army factions arrested 37 people in Afrin since the beginning of February.
Since the Turkish incursion into Syria, the killing and wounding of 8,590 people have been documented. The figure of detainees has reached 8,230, about 5,530 of whom have been released, while the fate of the rest is still unknown.
The city of Afrin and its villages, north of Aleppo, have been controlled by Turkish forces and the affiliated factions since March 2018.
Since then, the region has been witnessing ongoing security chaos accompanied by infighting among militants of the Turkish-backed factions, arrests, and kidnappings amid the factions’ disability to settle the security and spread safety.
ALEPPO NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, a Turkish drone targeted the positions of the Syrian government forces stationing in the town of Tel Rifaat in the northern countryside of Aleppo, north Syria.
This afternoon, a Turkish drone targeted the hill of Tel Rifaat, on the outskirts of the city, where the Syrian government forces are deployed, but no casualties were reported, according to what an eyewitness said.
There is a police station and the State Civil Status Department in the vicinity of the densely populated hill.
On February 15, the town of Tel Rifaat and its surroundings were hit with about 20 shells by the Turkish forces, resulting in the injury of 5 children as well as causing material damage to civilians’ property.
The town of Tel Rifaat, which embraces a part of IDPs of Afrin, has been threatened with invasion by Turkey and its loyal factions since residents of Afrin fled their areas and headed towards the northern countryside of Aleppo amidst the successive shelling that the town is witnessing.
The Syrian government forces accompanied by Russian forces are running the town of Tel Rifaat and its vicinities, where their posts have been deployed since 2018.
Reporting by Nariman Hesso
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DARAA, Syria (North Press) – An officer of the government forces plus a civilian were killed on Sunday evening in two separate attacks in the countryside of Daraa.
“Major Maher Wassouf, who was affiliated with the Political Security Branch of the government forces, was killed in an attack by unknown assailants on his car near the town of Sayda in the eastern countryside of Daraa,” a local source told North Press.
“Al-Wasouf was from the city of Jableh in the countryside of Lattakia, and he was in charge of the Nassib border crossing with Jordan.”
“Al-Wasouf was infamous for his blackmail of travelers and truck drivers with the aim of paying royalties,” the sources said.
In a separate incident, a person was deadly shot by unidentified gunmen in the town of al-Naima in the eastern countryside of Daraa.
Daraa, which is completely run by the government forces, has recently witnessed cases of killing of more than 10 people, most of whom were former members of the opposition.
Reporting by Mo’ayed al-Ashqar
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