BY ADOW JUBAT
More than twenty people are feared
killed on Saturday morning along the insecurity prone Kenya-Somali border by
suspected Somali based Islamist militia-a-Shabaab.
The heavily armed militias are
reported to have waylaid Nairobi bound bus, which has left the incursion prone
Mandera town early in the morning between Mandera and Arabia.
Confirming the incident, Mandera
East sub-county commissioner Elvis Korir said “I can confirm to you that there
was unfortunate incident this morning where about 27 innocent travelers were
killed by unknown militia”,
He added “We are now in the
preparation of sending security reinforcement, medical staffs and ambulance to
retrieve and transport the bodies of the deceased to Mandera town. Military are
already there to pursue the heartless killers”,
Korir said they were reporting of
unconfirmed reports, where the assailants stopped the bus, veered off from the
main road before separating passengers and targeting those they perceived to be
non-Muslim.
“There are unconfirmed reports
indicating all those killed were commuters perceived to be non- Muslim by the
attackers who were separated from the rest. But we treat this as speculations until
our officers who are on the ground verify the assertions”, he added while
speaking on phone.
The attacks come barely two days
after government security officials in the coastal city of Mombasa closed two
mosques after allegedly found hosting radicalized Muslim youth and cache of
firearms among them hand grenades.
Towns in North-East region (Mandera,
Wajir and Garissa) has bore the brunt of the revenge attacks by the Somali
based Al-Qaeda inspired Islamist, who repeatedly declared a deadly attacks in
Kenya that will turn rivers into running human bloods and tall building into
debris of destruction.
Arabia ward member of the County
assembly (MCA) Abdullahi Abdirahman who spoke on phone said the
attacks happened 15 kilometers from Arabia town at about 5 am local time, and
blamed the national government for the beastly killing of innocent commuters.
He accused the government of not
taking their repeated calls to establish a strong military presence in Arabia
to thwarted recurrent attacks from suspected Islamist militia, who frequently
ambushed vehicles using Mandera-Arabia rod and killing, maiming and looting
people at will.
“We had more than 15 militia attacks
that has led to death and maiming of travelers in this road for the last one
year alone. We have pleaded the government to provide security, but they have
turned deaf ears and here today we are experiencing avoidable massacre” he
lamented.
On Wednesday night two civilians
were injured after unknown armed criminals lobbed hand grenades and gun fire at
group of people who were walking on the street in Wajir town.
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