Al-Shabab fighters attack Kenya military base in Somalia

slamist militant al-Shabab fighters have launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. The al-Qaeda-linked group says it has killed more than 50 soldiers and seized military vehicles and weapons. But a Kenyan military spokesman said the dawn attack was repelled, the base was not overrun and scores of insurgents were killed in the fighting. A year ago al-Shabab carried out a similar attack on a Kenyan base in the town el-Ade. In that raid the Islamist group said it had killed more than 100 soldiers, but the Kenyan government refused to give its casualty figures. Africa Live: Updates on the attack What happened when al-Shabab attacked el-Ade? Who are al-Shabab? Kenya's ministry of defence spokesman has not confirmed the deaths of any soldiers in the latest attack. Lt Col Paul Njuguna, however, did say that soldiers had killed "scores" of al-Shabab fighters when the attackers tried to enter the camp in Kolbiyow, near the Kenyan border, after setting off a car bomb.