The United States of America has confirmed an attack on one of its military bases in East Africa. The joint US-Kenya military base codenamed Camp Simba was attacked at dawn on Sunday, January 5 by Al-Shabaab terrorists.
The terrorist group said in a statement that the attack on Camp Simba was to destroy one of the bases used by America to stop the growth of its kind of religious faith. A camp jointly operated by the United States of America and Kenya has been attacked by suspected terrorists in the East African country.
The news was posted by a United States security warning system on the social media platform, Twitter. According to the tweet, the attack was not on a US naval base as earlier thought but on Camp Simba which was operated by the US and Kenya military.
The terrorists gained access into the camp through the use of a car bomb. The terrorists were said to have driven a bomb-laden car through the gates of the camp before the fighting began.
See tweet below:
we are on instagram @9jalifestyle.com1Confirmed terrorist attack on Camp Simba in Kenya, NOT a US Naval base as first reported, but a joint US/Kenyan military base. Reports of a car bomb used to get through the gates & heavy gunfire. Casualties unknown at this time.— DEFCONWarningSystem (@DEFCONWSALERTS) January 5, 2020
Information still coming in. Updates as needed.
