MSF treating Somali civilians wounded after Kenyan airstrikes

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MSF treating Somali civilians wounded after Kenyan airstrikes

Reported By Fadumo Farah.

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Reported By Fadumo Farah.

Kismayo (Sunatimes) Medicins Sans Frontieres has on Monday revealed that its staffs in Marere, in Lower Juba Region, are treating dozens of injured people following Kenyan Sunday airstrikes in Jilib that hit a camp for internally-displaced people.

Kenya’s military acknowledged carrying out an air raid but said it killed only Islamist militants. But military spokesman Maj. Emmanuel Chirchir blamed Al-Shabaab for civilians deaths.

Chirchir says their air force hit Al-Shabaab driven truck as it drove away from training camp and it caught fire.

MSF said at least 3 people were reportedly killed and 52 others wounded, mostly women and children, when an aerial bombardment hit the camp for displaced people in the town of Jilib on Sunday.

The agency said in a statement that it was transporting the wounded to the hospital in Marere for stablisation and treatment, noting it had limited surgical.

It added some of these patients may be referred to other facilities due to limits to the surgical capacity at the hospital.

MSF urged all parties to the conflict in Somalia to respect the rights of civilians in conflict.

Kenya sent troops across the border into Somalia in October following cross-border kidnappings blamed on gunmen from southern Somalia.

By Fadumo Farah