Al-Shabab ”kills” Burundian troops

Seven Burundian peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush in Somalia by al-Shabab, a news site allied with the militants has reported. Al-Shabab carried out a mortar and landmine attack on the troops as they were travelling yesterday on a road linking the town of Jowhar to Balad in Middle Shabelle region, Calmada news site […]

Seven Burundian peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush in Somalia by al-Shabab, a news site allied with the militants has reported.

Al-Shabab carried out a mortar and landmine attack on the troops as they were travelling yesterday on a road linking the town of Jowhar to Balad in Middle Shabelle region, Calmada news site quoted residents as saying.

Burundian troops are in Somalia as part of an African Union force fighting the al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia.

There has been no independent confirmation of the allegation.