2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash

2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash
Date	July 20, 2010
Location	Kenya–Somalia border
Belligerents
Kenya	Al-Shabaab
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	2 killed

The 2010 Kenya–Al-Shabaab border clash occurred on July 20, 2010, when gunmen from the Al-Shabaab terrorist group attacked a Kenyan border patrol along the border area in Liboi, Lagdera. There was a subsequent fierce exchange of fire between the two sides leading to the deaths of two militia and the wounding of one Kenyan officer.^[1] Hundreds of security personnel were later deployed to the border following the clash and because of continued fighting between two militia groups in the neighboring town of Dobley, Somalia.^[2] The Islamist outfit had previously claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Uganda in July.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Ali, Noor.2 Kenyan forces, al Shabaab rebels clash on border, Reuters, July 20, 2010.
^ Border security intensified as rival militias clash Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, The Standard, July 29, 2010.

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[reuters-1] Ali, Noor.2 Kenyan forces, al Shabaab rebels clash on border, Reuters, July 20, 2010.

[2] Border security intensified as rival militias clash Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, The Standard, July 29, 2010.

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