BREAKING: US military: 1 US service member and 2 US Dept. of Defense contractors were killed, and 2 Dept. of Defense 'members' injured, in attack at Manda Bay Airfield by al-Shabab terror group in Kenya.
"Working alongside our Kenyan partners, the airfield is cleared and still in the process of being fully secured."
Al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda-linked group, claimed it had inflicted casualties and destroyed U.S. military equipment, including aircraft, in the raid on the military base near Kenya's border with Somalia.Based in neighboring Somalia, al-Shabab has launched a number of attacks in Kenya. It has also been the target of a growing number of U.S. airstrikes during President Donald Trump’s administration.and U.S. airstrikes killed several al-Shabab fighters in response.
A U.S. flag-raising there in August signaled its change “from tactical to enduring operations," the Air Force said at the time.Charlene Gubash is an NBC News producer based in Cairo. Gubash, a native Minnesotan, has lived and worked in the Egyptian capital since 1985.
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