On Sunday Jan. 5, 2020, at around 05:30AM LT, the Somail terrorist organization al-Shabaab attacked Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya, also known as “Camp Simba”, a base used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces.

The group posted 17 photographs showing their militants allegedly burning aircraft inside the base (one shows a fighter shooting a selfie next to a Dash 8 aircraft – more about this below), claiming 7 aircraft and 3 army vehicles were destroyed in the attack

BREAKING: #AlShabaab publishes 17 images of their fighters allegedly burning aircraft inside #US naval base in #Lamu County, #Kenya. The group says it destroyed 7 aircraft & 3 army vehicles. #KDF spox says the attack was “repulsed”. #AFRICOM say it’s monitoring the situation. pic.twitter.com/bZxJEG8ZHt

— Morad News (@MoradNews) January 5, 2020

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Both AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command) and the Kenya Defense Forces acknowledged there was an attack on the base. Initially, the KDF just said that the attack was repelled:

Read more: the aviationist