Keren taken by Imperial troops and held for the first time in months

Date: 280810
Planet: Naboo
Region: Keren

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

For months the city of Keren was under control of the Rebel Alliance, withstanding assault after assault by the Imperial forces. Even when an assault by stormtroopers was successful the imperial forces were soon pushed from the city and rebel control restored.

Today however marks the first time Imperial troops have taken the city and held it against a rebel counter attack, extending the control of the Empire over one of Naboo's biggest cities in bloody close-quarter combat. The focus of the fighting was around one of Keren's canals, where rebel war machines pushed through imperial fortifications and wave after wave of attackers clashed with defenders in at times melee combat. Ultimately though and despite taking heavy losses the imeprial troopers prevailed.