ON DAY 7, AL-SHABAAB KILLED SECURITY OFFICERS IN DADAAB, GARISSA COUNTY

BY ADOW JUBAT

A senior police officer was gun down and his colleague seriously wounded in a gun attack by suspected al-Shabaab militia, a week after the dread Islamist gunmen cowardly executed 28 civilians in Mandera bus attack.

This latest attack by the militia, hitting the security personnel makes the government hard talks comical and deputy president Ruto's tired narratives that, day two the militia never celebrated the massacre of Kenyans.

In deed, al-Shaab not only celebrated the violent killing of Kenyans' civil servant heading on a December holiday, they managed to carry another attack on security officers on day 7.

The attackers who were on foot trailed the officers for about 100 meters before firing at them at a close range in Dagahley refugee camp, one of the five open air in sprawling  refugee camp in Dadaab sub-county, Garissa County.

Confirming the Saturday afternoon incident, the North-Eastern regional Criminal Investigation department officer Musa Yego said gunmen which they highly suspect to be members or sympathizers of the dread Islamist group; Al-Shabaab attacked the two officers, one from Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and another from General Duties (GD).

“Assailants we suspect to be Al-Shabaab adherents attacked two of our officers at about 3.30pm today (Saturday) at Daghley killing one instantly and seriously injuring his colleague,” he told the your Authoritative, fast and sharp Frontier Leaks on a phone conversation.

He said the deceased was a CID officer based in Dadaab succumbed to the fatal gun wounds his sustained from the assailants attacks.

The CID Boss said the other officer, who picked serious gun wound injuries has been rushed to Dadaab District Hospital, where he is receiving treatment as he awaits to be transferred to Garissa referral hospital for specialized medication.

He noted that the security officers have launched manhunt for the killers believed to be about 3 armed men, who disappeared into shanties refugee settlement shortly after attacking the officers.

Last Saturday over hundred al-Shabaab militia men ambushed a Nairobi bound bus from Mandera along Arabia –Mandera road before they brutally murdered 28 non-Muslim passengers purportedly to avenge for killings done by Kenya military in the war scarred Somalia and the closure of 3 Mosques in the coastal city of Mombasa.

And on October 17 this year another CID officer was killed in Libio border town after he was confronted by AK 47 assault rifles wielding gunmen shortly after he left Mosque, where he attended an evening prayers.

Northeastern region has borne the brunt of terror terrorism attacks that was gloatingly claimed responsibilities by Somalia based al-Shabaab since Kenya Defense forces crossed the border to war ravaged Somalia in October of 2011.