Bodies of four KDF soldiers killed by al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia on Friday arrived in the country on Monday night.
Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo and Chief of Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe were at Wilson airport
to receive the bodies.
Chief of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), General Samson Mwathethe (L) and Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Defence Raychelle Omamo (R) stand at attention near the caskets of Kenyan soldiers serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), who were killed during an attack last week on a military base in the west of Somalia near the Kenyan border by Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group, after their remains arrived at the Wilson airport during a military parade, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
“We have received four bodies of our heroes and the operation is ongoing, we will update Kenyans on any development we have,” Omamo said.
The four bodies were flown in from Wajir aboard a Kenya Airforce plane. More bodies are expected today.
The government has not yet made public the number of those killed in the dawn attack.
So far 20 soldiers rescued from Somalia arrived in Nairobi on Monday.
Members of the Kenya Defence Forces stand at attention next to caskets of their comrades serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
The Kenya Air Force plane carrying the visibly exhausted soldiers touched down at Wilson Airport at three minutes before noon.
The officers in their uniforms, bore no visible physical injuries, a few limped slightly, some still had their rifles.
A member of the Kenya Defence Forces stands at attention next to the caskets of their comrades serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Members of the Kenya Defence Forces carry the caskets of their comrades serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
Members of the Kenya Defence Forces stand at attention next to the caskets of their comrades serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
