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Five Kenyan policemen and two civilians are feared dead in an ambush by suspected Al-Shabaab militia late on Monday in the border town of Mandera.
Mandera County Police Commander Noah Mwivanda said the officers were pursuing three vehicles hijacked by the militia earlier on Monday.
He said that while they were on transit from Maua to Mandera there was heavily armed militia along the Kenya/Somali border.
Four other Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) officers were also injured and they were being treated at Mandera county hospital for gun wounds.
Mwivanda said those feared killed included two officers from the regular police unit, three KPR, who were among a contingent of security personnel in a convoy of three vehicles.
He said the officers might have been killed near Khadija Hajji Village, less than a kilometre from the war ravaged Somali border town of Bulla-Xawa.
"Our officers following the vehicles hijacked by militia between Arabia and Omar Jillow were ambushed and came under hails of gunshots. We are unable to account for two police officers, three KPR officers and two civilians,’’ Mwivanda said.
The county police chief said the militia took the bodies of those killed with them to Somali and efforts are underway to recover those using local administrations.
He said tension was very high in the border town of Mandera.
On Monday morning suspected Al-Shabaab militia car hijacked three vehicles ferrying the narcotic leaves Miraa at a road between Arabia and Mandera town.
The Al-Qaida allied group, Al-Shabaab, intercepted the four land cruisers carrying the Miraa from Meru to Mandera at a road junction near Omar Jillow village, which is some 15 km from Mandera town.
The Somali gunmen hijacked three vehicles with its cargo and burnt down into ashes the fourth one after the driver attempted to reverse and speed off from their trap.
A team of the county security team heading for a peace meeting to reconcile members of the fighting Degodia and Garre communities were also ambushed by suspected Al-Shabaab militia.
The ambushed was some five kilometres from Mandera town early on Monday morning as they were heading to Elwak.
On Friday night, suspected militia hurled hand grenades at the Mandera police station, the deputy governor residential and the local magistrate court building, but nobody was hurt in the incidents.
Kenya says the deployment of troops in the southern regions have so far helped to prevent the movement of explosives to the strategic towns of southern Somalia.
#Kenya #somali #AlShabaab
Mandera County Police Commander Noah Mwivanda said the officers were pursuing three vehicles hijacked by the militia earlier on Monday.
He said that while they were on transit from Maua to Mandera there was heavily armed militia along the Kenya/Somali border.
Four other Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) officers were also injured and they were being treated at Mandera county hospital for gun wounds.
Mwivanda said those feared killed included two officers from the regular police unit, three KPR, who were among a contingent of security personnel in a convoy of three vehicles.
He said the officers might have been killed near Khadija Hajji Village, less than a kilometre from the war ravaged Somali border town of Bulla-Xawa.
"Our officers following the vehicles hijacked by militia between Arabia and Omar Jillow were ambushed and came under hails of gunshots. We are unable to account for two police officers, three KPR officers and two civilians,’’ Mwivanda said.
The county police chief said the militia took the bodies of those killed with them to Somali and efforts are underway to recover those using local administrations.
He said tension was very high in the border town of Mandera.
On Monday morning suspected Al-Shabaab militia car hijacked three vehicles ferrying the narcotic leaves Miraa at a road between Arabia and Mandera town.
The Al-Qaida allied group, Al-Shabaab, intercepted the four land cruisers carrying the Miraa from Meru to Mandera at a road junction near Omar Jillow village, which is some 15 km from Mandera town.
The Somali gunmen hijacked three vehicles with its cargo and burnt down into ashes the fourth one after the driver attempted to reverse and speed off from their trap.
A team of the county security team heading for a peace meeting to reconcile members of the fighting Degodia and Garre communities were also ambushed by suspected Al-Shabaab militia.
The ambushed was some five kilometres from Mandera town early on Monday morning as they were heading to Elwak.
On Friday night, suspected militia hurled hand grenades at the Mandera police station, the deputy governor residential and the local magistrate court building, but nobody was hurt in the incidents.
Kenya says the deployment of troops in the southern regions have so far helped to prevent the movement of explosives to the strategic towns of southern Somalia.
#Kenya #somali #AlShabaab
