He said what caught the soldiers by surprise was the enormity of al-Shabab explosives detonated at the camp. He said the militants used three truck bombs, one of which fell into a ditch. He estimated the militants detonated about 20 kilograms of explosives, and that 450 militants overran the camp. 
Iwo ati chomwe chinadabwitsa asilikariwa ndi mabomba omwe al-Shabab imaphulitsa komwe amakhala. Zigawengazi zinagwiritsa ntchito ma bomba atatu, ndipo limodzi linagwera mu dzenje. Iwo akuganiza kuti zigawengazi zinaphulitsa mabomba okwana makilogalamu makumi awiri ndipo zigawenga 450 zinalanda malo a asilikariwa.