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Al-Shabaab Militants Burn Construction Vehicles In Lamu
[RADIOSHABELLE] Attackers believed to be al-Shabaab ...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...bully boyz on Sunday burned two construction vehicles in an attack near H Young & Co’s camp at Milihoi in Lamu County. H Young was awarded the tender for construction of the 135-kilometre Lamu-Garsen road. Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia said the attackers hurled explosives at the vehicles ‐ the company’s excavator and a lorry ferrying cement ‐ causing explosions in the incident at about 12.30 pm. The excavator controller and lorry driver jumped out of the vehicles and escaped unhurt. They hid in the bushes until security agents came to their rescue. HEAVILY ARMED Mr Macharia said about four heavily armed suspected hard boyz carried out the ambush and then fled into a nearby forest. No casualties were reported since the excavator had one controller while the lorry had just the driver," he said. The incident stopped transport on the route for about an hour as Kenya Defence forces (KDF) soldiers and police combed the area. The commissioner assured security on the road, saying patrols had been intensified across the county. "Enough security agencies, including the KDF and police, have been deployed to the area to pursue the attackers," he said. "There is no cause for alarm as security has been optimised." Posted by: Fred 2020-02-11 |
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