Battle of Leego (2015)

Battle of Leego (2015)
	Part of Somali Civil War (2009–present) and 2015 Ramadan attacks
	; Political situation in Somalia (October 2014)
Date	26 June 2015
Location	Leego, Somalia2°42′55″N 44°30′46″E / 2.7154°N 44.5128°E
Result	Al-Shabaab Victory, AMISOM Strategic Victory Al-Shabaab briefly captures Leego base, before withdrawing.
Belligerents
AMISOM Burundi	Al-Shabaab
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa	Ahmad Umar
Strength
100 soldiers	At least several dozen
Casualties and losses
70 killed; 27 wounded	Unknown

Al-Shabaab militants attacked an African Union Mission to Somalia base in the Leego district of Somalia and killed 70 African Union soldiers and seized control of their military base on 26 June 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3] A military outpost with around 100 Burundian soldiers was attacked by militants with a car bomb, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

The Mail & Guardian described the attack as the "latest attack during the insurgents’ annual Ramadan fighting season."^[3] It was reported that militants beheaded survivors of the attack at the base. Footage has been released of barefoot dead soldiers and a soldier being shot.^[4]

Somali and AMISOM troops reportedly retook the base and town on 28 June while al-Shabaab withdrew and offered no resistance to them but not before beheading the local Deputy District commissioner among the captives they took.^[5]

The battle coincided with the 2015 Ramadan attacks conducted by ISIL and its sympathizers. However no direct link between the al-Shabaab attack and the other attacks that day exists.

References

^ "Al-Shabab Attack Kills Scores of AU Troops". VOA. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
^ "Al-Shabaab kills dozens of African Union troops at base in Somalia". the Guardian.
^ ^a ^b "UPDATE: Al-Shabaab claim that they had killed 30 soldiers when they 'overrun' AU Somalia base manned by Burundi troops". Mail & Guardian Africa. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
^ "Al-Shabaab kills dozens of African Union troops at base in Somalia".
^ "Somalia: Somali and AU Retake Lego From Al Shabaab". AllAfrica.com. 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[1] "Al-Shabab Attack Kills Scores of AU Troops". VOA. Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2015-06-26.

[2] "Al-Shabaab kills dozens of African Union troops at base in Somalia". the Guardian.

[mgafrica-3] "UPDATE: Al-Shabaab claim that they had killed 30 soldiers when they 'overrun' AU Somalia base manned by Burundi troops". Mail & Guardian Africa. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-26.

[4] "Al-Shabaab kills dozens of African Union troops at base in Somalia".

[5] "Somalia: Somali and AU Retake Lego From Al Shabaab". AllAfrica.com. 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

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Attacks	2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu 2009 Beledweyne bombing 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing May 2010 Mogadishu bombings 2010 Kampala bombings Muna Hotel attack 2011 Mogadishu bombing June 2013 Mogadishu attack 2013 Mogadishu Turkish embassy attack Westgate shopping mall attack 2013 Beledweyne attacks 2014 Villa Somalia attack 2014 Hotel Amalo attack Central Hotel attack Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack Garissa University College attack 2015 Ministry of Higher Education attack Garowe attack Jazeera Palace Hotel bombing Sahafi Hotel attacks January 2016 Mogadishu attack Daallo Airlines Flight 159 February 2016 Mogadishu attack Baidoa suicide bombing June 2016 Mogadishu attacks 2016 Galkayo bombings November 2016 Mogadishu car bombing December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing 2 January 2017 Mogadishu bombings Dayah Hotel attack February 2017 Mogadishu bombing 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings 28 October 2017 Mogadishu attacks February 2018 Mogadishu attacks March 2018 Mogadishu bombing July 2018 Mogadishu bombings 2 September 2018 Mogadishu bombing Sahafi Hotel attacks December 2018 Mogadishu bombing Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack Nairobi Latema Road blast 4 February 2019 Mogadishu bombing 28 February 2019 Mogadishu bombings Asasey Hotel attack 22 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing 24 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing 2019 Kenya bus shooting December 2019 Mogadishu bombing 2020 Afgooye bombing 2020 Mogadishu army base bombing 2020 Mogadishu hotel attack 2020 Galkayo bombing March 2021 Mogadishu bombing June 2021 Mogadishu bombing November 2021 Mogadishu bombing 2022 Mandera attack February 2022 Beledweyne bombing March 2022 Somalia attacks April 2022 Mogadishu bombing August 2022 Mogadishu attack September 2022 Beledweyne attack October 2022 Beledweyne bombings 2022 Kismayo hotel attack October 2022 Mogadishu bombings Siege of the Villa Rossa Hotel Mahas bombings 2023 Mogadishu hotel attack Mogadishu military academy bombing 2023 Beledweyne bombing Mogadishu tea shop bombing
OEF–HOA	2009 Baraawe raid Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt 2013 raid on Barawe 2017 raid on Barii
Other events	Death of Noramfaizul Mohd Nor London Somalia Conference Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim controversy Daallo Airlines Flight 159 Awdiinle massacre
Key players	Al-Shabaab Mukhtar Robow Ali Dhere Fuad Qalaf Hizbul Islam Hassan Dahir Aweys Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki Federal Government of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Omar Sharmarke Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a Galmudug Abdi Hasan Awale Puntland Abdiweli Gaas AMISOM United States AFRICOM Islamic State in Somalia
Previous phase: War in Somalia (2006–2009)

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