Rhamu Incident
Rhamu Incident | |||||||
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Part of Ogaden War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kenyan military, Kenyan Police | Somali National Army, WSLF | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 1500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
30 soldiers and police officers killed. | Unknown (minor) |
The Rhamu Incident, on the 29 June 1977, was a brief armed conflict between Kenya and Somalia, in which the latter invaded the Northern Frontier District on the eve of the Ogaden War. A force of 1500 Somali soldiers attacked a border post, and killed 30 Kenyan police officers and soldiers.[1] The Somali army did not stay as the objective of their mission was to invade Ethiopia from a different side through Kenya. Rhamu, situated on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border, lay on the road to the Sidamo region, and was considered a strategic point of entrance. The Somali government denied the invasion, and claimed to have no knowledge of the incident.
References
- ↑ Pg 86 - Husein Dualleh - From Barre to Aideed: Somalia : the agony of a nation
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