...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...snuffies on Friday in Mandera, following an IED explosion which was followed by a shootout in Banisa, few kilometers near the Kenya-Æthiopia border.
Police reports indicate that the special officers who are specialized in dealing with terrorism ran over an IED near Banisa center before the snuffies who were hiding in the nearby bush opened fire against the officers.
A brief shootout ensued with officers managing to overwhelm the bad boys, who took to the nearby bushes before escaping from the scene. Police officers are still pursuing the snuffies according to authorities in Nairobi.
Several other officers were maimed following the unfortunate incident and they have since been airlifted to Nairobi for treatment. Banisa is several kilometers West of Mandera town which borders Somalia.
This comes a few days after al-Shabaab also attacked Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] soldiers in Lamu, along Kenya's coastal strip. At leader three KDF officers died following the attack while others were critically injured.
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Kioko, who is KDF spokesperson, said KDF is pursuing attackers having gotten credible information from residents. Without mentioning the number of injured soldiers, she added that they were responding well to treatment at Defense Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi.."Regrettably, three soldiers gave up the ghost. The soldiers paid the ultimate price while protecting the citizens of Kenya," added the spokesperson, without disclosing the number of the attackers involved in the latest incident.
KDF, she noted, will continue working with other security agencies to restore peace in the perilous coastal belt, which is prone to 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...
attackers. Although the group carries such raids, it's yet to take responsibility.
"KDF remains unbowed and together with multi-agency security teams deployed under Operation Amani Boni, remains focused and has the resolve to help bring sustainable peace in the area," she said.
There is a heavy presence of KDF in Lamu, Garissa, Mandera, and Wajir counties due to persistent attackers by the Somalia-based krazed killers. However,
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the group has not carried any major attack in Kenya for almost two months, an indication that it has been significantly subdued.
KDF has close to 3,500 soldiers working under the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission Forces in Somalia [AMISOM] and has often been a soft target for the group. Early this year, Mandera Governor Ali Roba claimed the group controls at least 60 percent of the county's landmass, a claim which the government of Kenya termed as "inaccurate".