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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...turbans could have been a Dire Revenge mission, regional county commissioner Mohamud Saleh has said.
During the Friday 2 am incident, about 50 heavily armed turbans attacked the two camps on the border town of Fino, Lafey sub-county, before retreating to Somalia, five kilometers away.
Those killed include four APs and a national police reservist. The confrontation lasted three hours.
One AP officer, a national police reservist, and local sustained minor injuries.
A Safaricom mast was destroyed when the turbans threw a hand grenade at it to interrupt communication.
Saleh said 40 al-Shabaab turbans and two of their senior commanders were killed on Tuesday during a KDF and Amisom operation in Fafadun, Gedo region, Somalia.
Troops ran over the bad boys’ camp. "We suspect these ragtag turbans were on a Dire Revenge mission following the heavy casualties they suffered at the hands of our troops," Saleh said.
"We have accounted for all our officers at the two camps of AP and regular police. We are pursuing the bad boys, some of whom sustained injuries following the heavy exchange of gunfire."
Saleh said the turbans do not deserve free publicity because "that is what they yearn".