Kenyans hold vigil to honour troops killed in Somalia attack

287 views · Published 22 January 2016 · 1:24 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: CGTN Africa · 2016 · News & Politics

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A vigil has been held in Kenya's capital Nairobi for soldiers who perished in an attack on an AMISOM base in Somalia. Kenyans and the rest of the world also joined in online to pour their tributes to the fallen soldiers. The bodies of Kenyan soldiers killed when Al-Qaeda-linked militants overran their base in Somalia were flown home late Monday draped in the national flag . They were carried by an honour guard of their comrades.

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