A British jihadist fighting for Somalia's
Al -Qaeda affiliate the Shebab is believed
to have killed in thwarted attack on Kenyan
army based on Sunday a Kenyan defence
spokesman said.
"All the available data including photographs
,points to it being Thomas Evans ,There is
an investigation going on with forensics
and DNA to confirm his identity" Kenya
Defence Forces spokesman Colonel David
Obonyo told AFP n Monday.
Evans in his mid 20s and also known as Abdul
Hakim,is a Muslim convert whose family lives
in Buckinghamshire in southern England
He reportedly travelled to Somalia in 2011
to join Shebab,
On Sunday a group of militants attacked a Kenyan
army base in Baure,close to the border with Somalia
Two Kenyan soldiers were killed and 11 Shebab
fighters,including two "Caucasian "according to
Obonbyo If confirmed Evans death will be the
first reported case of a British Islamist militant
being killed on Kenyan soil
The British embassy in Nairobi said it was "seeking
to confirm reports"that a British had been killed
"We are aware of the reports"a British embassy
spokesman said.
AFP
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