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Al-Shabaab abducts two teachers in near Garissa
[SHABELLENEWS] Suspected al-Shabaab...  Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...forces of Evil have burned down a school and kidnapped two teachers in an overnight attack in Fafi, Garissa. The hard boys, armed with small arms and kabooms, also vandalised a mobile communication mast in the area. The attackers destroy telecom masts during their attacks to disrupt police communication. Northern and coastal Kenya have experienced a sharp rise in attacks linked to the Somalia-based terror group, in which security officers have been killed and security equipment destroyed. The attack came hours after nine security officers and a civilian died on Wednesday after their vehicles ran over bombs in separate terror incidents in Lamu County. The first kaboom happened at 8.30am, between Baure and Milimani, killing all seven coppers on board an armoured personnel carrier and the civilian passenger. The officers from the Rural Border Patrol Unit of the Administration Police were travelling on the Kiunga-Hindi Road. Military reinforcements were immediately dispatched and were moving to the scene when another explosive went off along their way, killing two Kenya Defence Forces soldiers and injuring another. Yet another bomb went off between Kiunga and Ishakani later at 3pm. Initial investigations shows the third kaboom was aimed at a military lorry but it went off just before the vehicle arrived at the spot. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-02 |
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