Security officials inspect some of the three firearms and several rounds
of ammunition recovered by security agents at the office Regional
Commissioner Mohamud. Nairobi. The government has confirmed the deaths of 11 suspected
Al-Shabaab fighters and two Kenya Defense Forces soldiers during an
attack near Baure military camp in Lamu East sub-county on Sunday.
KDF spokesperson David Obonyo said the fighters launched an attack near the camp at around 5.45 am.
“The attack was aggressively repulsed. During the
firefight, 11 terrorists including two fighters of Caucasian origin were
neutralised. Several others fled with injuries towards Boni forest and a
pursuit is currently underway. Regrettably, KDF lost two soldiers
during the firefight,” Mr Obonyo said. The official also revealed that
an assortment of weapons, including 13 AK-47s, five rocket-propelled
grenades and eight grenades were recovered.
Mr Obonyo appealed to residents to report anybody
seeking medical assistance or any suspicious-looking individuals to
security agencies.
In another incident suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen on
Saturday night attacked a village in Fafi sub-county, Garissa, a few
hours after targeting a military vehicle with an explosive device.
Confirming the incident the Regional Commissioner
for north eastern Kenya, Mohamud Swaleh, said about 10 gunmen arrived at
the village at around 8 pm and asked for directions to the local
mosque, which is under construction, and the house of the area chief.
The gunmen, according to locals, stormed
Bula-Golol village in Fafi before confronting a former area councillor
and ordering him to take them to the construction site, where a number
of workers were staying. “We believe the assailants were asking for the
direction of the mosque because there were seven non-local construction
workers who were staying at the place and they aim was to possibly to
harm them”, he said.
The official said the workers managed to escape in
the nearby bushes after the attackers started shooting indiscriminately
as they approached.
Mr Swaleh said the seven workers were later
rescued from the thicket by a team of security officers who responded to
the attack in the remote village that lies about 40 kilometers from the
Somali border.
The regional commissioner said the same attackers
early on Saturday targeted a Kenya Defence Forces convoy heading to
Garissa from a base in Hulugho with an improvised explosive device.
He said the gunmen, who numbered between five and
10, fled and hid in the bushes after they were outgunned in a fierce
firefight with the soldiers who later pursued them. (NMG)
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