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Kenya forces repel Shabaab militants' attack

A file photo taken on February 13, 2012 shows Somali Al-Shabaab militants gathering in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor (AFP photo)

Kenyan security forces have thwarted a raid on a village in northeastern Kenya by militants with the al-Qaeda-linked Somali terrorist group, al-Shabaab.

Kenya’s Interior Ministry reported the terrorist attack on Friday. "Security forces on Thursday evening thwarted an attempted attack at Yumbis village," said ministry spokesman Mwenda Njoka.

"Security forces swiftly mobilized and engaged the militants in a gun battle, no casualties were reported," noted the official.

The village is situated close to the common border with Somalia, and some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of the regional capital Garissa.

The terrorist group has warned of a "long, gruesome war" unless Kenya withdraws its troops from Somalia, where they have been fighting the terrorists since 2011.

A woman attends a Musical concert in honor of the victims of the attack on Garissa University College in downtown Nairobi on April 14, 2015 (AFP photo).

Two days before the terrorist attack on the Yumbis village, al-Sabaab militants briefly took control of a mosque in Garissa.

In the early hours of April 2, terrorists with the group carried out an attack against the Garissa University College campus, killing nearly 150. 

In 2013, Shabaab gunmen launched an assault on the Westgate shopping mall in the capital, Nairobi, that left at least 67 dead.

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