SECURITY BRIEF
28th December 2015, as military operations to flush out Al Shabaab militants along the Kenya-Somalia border intensifies; KDF officers have today killed three terrorists in Mandera.
The intensified military operations come amid a series of attacks in the Kenyan northeastern region linked to the Somali based jihadist group.
In the past three weeks, the militant group has ambushed military convoy at Elwak stretch heading to Mandera where one officer was killed.
In separate occasion the militant also ambushed public service buses and a lorry; two people were killed as Muslim shielded Christians from the attack.
The government is carrying out intensified massive security mop-up aimed at flushing out the growing terror cells in Mandera County and broader northeastern region.
The military operations are aimed at flushing out Somali based insurgents groups who intelligence service warns seemingly are regrouping along the Kenya-Somalia border are believed to be planning a major terror attacks in Kenya.
Al Shabaab’s pro-ISIS is also believed to have a hand in recent terror attacks in Mandera which so far has claimed the lives of at least 8 people including 4 security officers among them an Officer Commanding a police station (OCS).
In renewed efforts to neutralize and bar further infiltration of the Al Qaeda branch in Somalia, Kenya security agents are working closely to preempt any possible attack.
According to Mandera County commissioner Fredrick Shisia who regretted that the Somali militants have renewed their terror attacks in the border county.
The security operation will be conducted by a combined team of the military and police officers deployed to the region to track the attackers to their hide outs at the border region with Somalia.
,congratulation kdf
That is not true and they killed two civilians and injured the third one also they were not Al Shabaab or bandit but normal Law abiding citizen of Kenya and they were murdered/butchered by #KDF on the street of Mandera in a broad daylight.
Too sad for innocent victims. Fighting a guerilla insurgency poses risk to the military as well as civilians. In order for the terrorists not to reap political benefit from such tragedy and gain more recruits, the GoK must investigate such reports and afford all necessary support to the victims and their families.
all innocent i gues so how can they be identified then coz we re nt going to lose peoples life in the name of innocent civilian
You should tell the police what you know. So you can identify law abiding citizens from alshaabab??
locals should inform the gvt on the aliens
If they really law abiding Kenyan citizens they should have stopped when asked to… other than speeding past a block… No chances in these areas of operation…
@abdi ina?do u think our securiry personal r so stupid they don know what ther r doing.i hav 3yrs in mandera now n those boys r known very wel they r killers.what wil u say about that thing ilitolewa kwa hiyo gari?wa u on the ground ama unaskiza story za watu?ask the experts plz!!!!!
Yes law abiding citizens must cooperate with the security agencies
# Abdi,what abt thoz hu were killed in garrisa univesity by ALSHA? were they not kenyans? thoz guz walishikwa na grenades, kill with a knife and ullb kild with it too.
r u sympathiser????
surely if you you’re law abiding citizen why do you defied police on roadblock even those supporting should be screen
may God protect you against al,shabaab
Which faction of Alshabab are they fighting with now- AQ or IS?
ISIS was formerly called AlQaeda In Iraq before it changed the name to Islamic State in Iraq, then Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). No difference at all between the factions as far as we are concerned, their internal political differences or rivalries notwithstanding.
Maliza hao
Kudos kdf. Wipe this swines out. you should kill the in hundreds if possible
It is two civilians that have been killed and third one injured..people are demonstrating in mandera.get facts right.
Why didn’t they demonstrate when the police were killed a few days ago??
@Ryo Do you pay us to demonstrate??????
Muhammaddin Adan ama whatever u call yourself I don’t pay you but I make you see the sense in my point how I wish you stand by your fellow countrymen and do demos to demand for all despite the profession religion or whatever the deference we have. We are all Kenyans and we need each other.
What a serial lie! The 2 unarmed civilians killed were residents of Mandera, one was critically injured and was rushed to hospital. Apparently, the frightened soldier mistook them for Al Shabab militants and sprayed their car with bullets in the full glare of the public. Anything that disputes that is a lie; pure-unadulterated lie!!
Retaliatory Means They Were Killed Because They Attacked Us First. Is That Why We Fight The Al-shabaab?
so sad, innocents citizens kill in the hand of security personal, internal matter should be left to police only, we have many police unit for internal , kdf outside the border
Usiku ni Alshabaabs,na mchana ni wakenya wazalendo..iko hatari,!….danger ahead !locals and their leaders must wake up else nyasi itaumia coz hao wanyama wanakula na kunywa kati yao.
Sad that civilian life are lost under the guise of fighting Al-shabaab. I condole with our Muslim brethren for the loss of innocent lives. Lets be fair when fighting the enemy lest we worsen the situation. The recent efforts by Muslims to shield us from attacks must be met with equal steps to also protecting their lives too. #Muslimsmattertoo.
stop inciting religion depression,criminals ar not muslims,muslim encourage luv en unity bt thoz fellowz had grades to kill.
Jerop,read my post well. I am not inciting but simply stating facts. I work and live there thus the concern.
u work n live there yet ua facts are baseless
mumekua wa ongo sku izi,,fiting tha killing of innocent people us terrorist killings,,i mean those who killed the kenyan civilians should be court martialed,,for you to win tha hearts of kenyans,,bring them to justice
wewe unaandika nini sasa….go to sleep nkt
chich wewe
mbleina sana
apana tambua
its a free country free speech nigga
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