Al-Shabab said it killed 173 soldiers in the attack on the AU base in the village of El-Baraf, about 150 kilometers north of Mogadishu. The casualty figure has not been independently verified. A separate source told VOA Somali that 161 soldiers were at the camp at the time of attack. The Burundian official confirmed that number. 
Al-Shabab yati inapha asilikari 173 pa ziwawa za ku maziko a AU mmudzi wa El-Baraf, komwe ndi makilomita 150 kumpoto kwa Mogadishu. Nambalayi siinatsimikizidwe chifukwa ena awuza VOA Somali kuti asilikari 161 ndi amene anali ku malowa panthawi imene ziwawazi zimachitika. M'dindo wa ku Burundi watsimikiza nambalayi.