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Battle of Janale (2015)

Battle of Janale
Part of the War in Somalia
Date1 September 2015
Location
Janale, Lower Shebelle, Somalia
1°48′26.000″N 44°41′43.084″E / 1.80722222°N 44.69530111°E / 1.80722222; 44.69530111
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab

AMISOM

Uganda Uganda
Commanders and leaders
Abdullah Ahmed Omar †[1] Uganda Unknown
Units involved
Sheikh Abu Zubeyr Battalion Uganda UPDF
Strength
Dozens of Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 killed
(Al-Shabbab claim)		 70 killed
(Al-Shabbab claim)[2]
50 killed
50 missing
(Western officials claim)
Battle of Janale (2015) is located in Somalia
Battle of Janale (2015)
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Location within Somalia
Battle of Janale (2015) is located in Africa
Battle of Janale (2015)
Battle of Janale (2015) (Africa)

The battle of Janale took place on September 1st 2015, when Al-Shabaab militants stormed an African Union military camp manned by Ugandan forces in the town of Janale, Lower Shabelle.

Battle

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It began after an Al Shabaab suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the perimeter of the base, which exploded at the front of the base. Al Shabaab later named the suicide bomber in a propaganda video as Abdullah Ahmed Omar, a former Somali soldier who defected to Al Shabaab in 2014.[3] Following that, a team of heavily armed fighters entered the breach and attacked the troops inside.[4] The attack was launched to commemorate one anniversary after the group's former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane's death, who was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in the previous year.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Somalia attack: Al-Shabab attacks African Union Janale base". BBC News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  4. ^ "12 Ugandan troops killed as Shabaab assaults base in Somalia". Long War Journal. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Al Shabaab militants raid AU troops base in Somalia". Horseed Media. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.