Five security officers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by
suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists on the Elwak-Kotulo road in Mandera.
The attackers also burnt a police lorry while several officers were injured in the evening ambush.
Mandera
South deputy county commissioner Daniel Bundotich said three police
reservists and two Administration Police officers died in the attack.
“We lost five security officers in the attack while on patrol on Elwak-Kotulo road,” he said.
A second contingent of GSU personnel that was responding to the first attack was also ambushed, Mr Bundotich added.
LORRY BURNT
Nation established that the lorry that was burnt was the one the GSU officers were in.
The
terrorists are said to have attacked the first security group of APs,
police reservists and regular police officers as they patrolled the
notorious Elwak-Kotulo stretch.
“Combined
forces were on patrol before being ambushed by suspected Al-Shabaab
militants at Dubacity around midday. A team responding to the attack was
also attacked and their lorry burnt,’’ said Mr Bundotich. He added that
another team was being assembled to respond to the two attacks.
In November, two police vehicles were burnt to ashes in the same area, compelling police to stop escorting buses.
SAFER ROAD
Buses on the Mandera-Nairobi route have since switched to Marsabit-Moyale road, which is considered safer.
According to Mr Bundotich, a gun fight ensued before the suspected militants retreated.
“We are sure of more casualties on their side, considering the ground evidence,” he said
On
Sunday, KDF killed five suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists believed to
have been involved in an attack on Ijara Police Station in Garissa.
KDF
spokesman David Obonyo said a vehicle that had been taken away by the
terrorists during the attack on the police station was destroyed after
explosives it was carrying exploded during a gun fight that ensued
between the soldiers and the militants.
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