Somalia's al-Shabab fighters have claimed to have executed a captured Kenyan soldier and repeated threats to kill five other hostages, the group said. The claim of the al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday could not be verified. "While the mujahedeen have executed the serving KDF [Kenya Defence Force] soldier, there is still a chance of securing the release of the remaining five prisoners," the al-Shabab said in a statement. Last month the issued a February 14 deadline ordering Kenya - whose troops are fighting the Shebab inside Somalia - to release "all Muslim prisoners held on so-called terrorism charges in Kenya". Al-Shabab, who have previously released videos of Kenyan...
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