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Al Shabaab Attack Two Police Camps In Ijara
[RADIOSHABELLE] Al-Shabaab...  Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...Lions of Islam have set on fire two police camps in Ijara, in the latest attack from the Somalia-based bad boy group. The attackers also destroyed the main communication equipment used in the town before speeding off with a police land cruiser which is yet to be recovered. A senior police officer briefed on the matter has told Capital News beat that no casualty was reported in the attack that occurred at 2 am. Heavy security deployments have been deployed to hunt the Lions of Islam thought to have escaped to Boni forest or to neighboring Somalia. "We have officers tracking them with the help of the military because we need to get the police vehicle back," the officer speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... said. The attackers also broke into shops in the town and stole several items. "They destroyed property but luckily there is no casualty, but we suspect some of them must have escaped with injuries after a shootout with police," another officer said. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-31 |
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