Police stated the assault was carried out by suspected al-Shabab fighters who launched an assault at daybreak.
At the least six police personnel have been killed and 4 have been injured after an assault on a police camp in Kenya by suspected fighters from Somalia’s al-Shabab group.
Kenyan police stated in a report on Sunday that the assault was carried out in Garissa County, japanese Kenya, on the border with Somalia.
The report added that attackers launched an assault round daybreak on a camp housing police reservists and “used assorted weapons to overrun the camp”.
“Six fatalities have been confirmed with 4 injured and in hospital,” it stated.
Whereas al-Shabab has not but commented on the assault, the group regularly carries out cross-border operations in opposition to navy and civilian targets.
The assaults come per week after america embassy issued an advisory warning, cautioning travellers in opposition to visiting some locations in Kenya, together with Garissa County, alongside the border with Somalia, because of the risk of an assault.
For years, al-Shabab, which has ties to al-Qaeda, has been preventing to overthrow Somalia’s central authorities and set up its personal rule of regulation primarily based on its interpretation of Islamic Sharia regulation.
The most recent assault comes after al-Shabab claimed duty for a roadside bomb close to Somalia’s presidential palace on Tuesday.
United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the assault concentrating on the convoy and reaffirmed the UN’s help for Somalia’s individuals and authorities “of their combat in opposition to terrorism and in furthering efforts in the direction of peace and stability”, stated UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq.
The British Embassy within the capital, Mogadishu, additionally condemned the assault and reaffirmed help for Somalia’s counterterrorism efforts.
“The UK stays a steadfast accomplice of the Somali authorities as they combat the violent extremists accountable for this despicable assault,” the embassy stated in an announcement.
Earlier in March, al-Shabab fighters stormed a lodge in central Somalia, the place authorities officers and tribal leaders have been assembly to debate efforts to manage the group. A number of individuals are reported to have died within the assault.