February 2, 2016: Kenyan security officers under the multi-agency task force killed 4 al Shabaab militants, recovered a previously stolen National Police Service Vehicles and an assortment of weapons in Boni Forest.
The police vehicle had been stolen in December 2015 in Lamu County after the security officers trailed the vehicle with the militants on board into the forest according to KDF spokesman Col. David Obonyo.
According to preliminary evaluation, the vehicle was rigged with explosives an indication that the vehicle was slated to be used to attack; prompting the detonation making and destroying the vehicle in the process.
Also recovered were 4 AK47 rifles, three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 3 Pistols, a GPS System and a cache of ammunition.
The security officers have put the villagers on high alert urging them to report any cases of injured people seeking medical attention as in the shootout two of the al Shabaab militants escaped with serious injuries.
The attackers are believed to be in an al Shabaab cell trying to regroup in Lamu County and have been responsible for several attacks in the past fortnight.
conglats our security agencies
Go,go kill them all
That place Mboni must be a very dangerous place.
hehe c mboni…..boni forest
Hehehe, thanx Bro …..
How was a police vehicle stolen? Did the stolen Millitary land rover recovered?.
Eliminate them like zika virus!.!
Congrats the security agencies, for a job well done
Fit those vehicles with automatic vehicle location system!
Good news to hear
They will be defeated, they can’t just come into our country and steal vehicles and expect to get away with it. Our forces will kill them all, especially now that they have armored cars.
Thats good news let them have the landcruiser now.
..keep it up…and change their name from shababs to kababs…
I urge the Government to gv that forest to kiuks n they will cultivate it within no tym n alshabaab will hv no place to hide.
Bure kabisa kama elimu ya bure
Go! Go! Go! Kill them all
The best news I’ve heard today n got a reason to thank the LORD as I make my bedtime prayer .
Bravo KDF…