Kenyan troops in the UN-backed Africa Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said Tuesday they have arrested 72 suspected Al-Shabaab militants as pacification operations continue in the Horn of Africa nation after the capture of the port city of Kismayo.
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) spokesman Colonel Cyrus Oguna said among those arrested on Sunday is a lady - Marianna Issa Mohammed - who was identified by residents of Kismayo as the Al-Shabaab women leader.
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