Ras Kamboni

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The small town Kaambooni (also Kiamboni, Kiyambooni, Chiamboni, Chiambone written ) is located in the extreme south of Somalia on the Indian Ocean at the headland Kaambooni Raas ( Raas Jumbo), near the border with Kenya. In the area about 328 people.

Small coral islands pull themselves along the coast. Kaambooni is located in the administrative region Jubbada Hoose.

History

On 8 January 2007, 24 people were killed in a bomb attack by the United States Air Force in Raas Kaambooni on the alleged whereabouts of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the alleged leader of al - Qaeda in East Africa killed. Fazul Abdullah Muhammad was not hit it.

In October 2011, Kenyan troops took the city in the fight against the Al Shabaab militia.

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  • Fallingrain.com: Kaambooni, Somalia Page
  • Tageo.com: Kaambooni
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