One person was killed after unknown gunmen hijacked a police Land Cruiser on Saturday, August 10, in Mandera County.
The land cruiser in question belonged to Deputy County Commissioner for Mandera East, Patrick Meso.
According to Mandera County Commissioner Henry Ochako, the gunmen attacked the Officer Commanding Station’s (OCS) vehicle at Kamor around 3 p.m, killing the driver before fleeing with the vehicle.
However, OCS Meso remains missing.
“I have reports that the Land Cruiser of Deputy County Commissioner Patrick Meso is missing, and the driver was killed during the 3 p.m. incident in Kamor,” Ochako stated during a phone interview.
Eyewitnesses told KTN News that the gunmen left the driver’s body at the scene and fled with the vehicle towards the Somalia border.
4 Police Officers Killed in Mandera
This incident occurred less than a month after four Kenyan security officers were killed in an attack by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County on July 12.
The attack took place at the border of Banisa and Mandera West sub-counties, where suspected Al-Shabaab militants ambushed Special Operations Group (SOG) operators on patrol in the Har Sigenge area.
Of the 15 officers on patrol, four were killed, five went missing, and three National Police Reservists sustained injuries.
“All six injured are in stable condition and have been transferred from Guba Health Centre to Banisa Hospital, awaiting airlifting to Nairobi,” a police report issued to the press confirmed.
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10 People Killed in April
In another attack on April 29 in Elwak Town, ten people were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded, marking yet another suspected Al-Shabaab attack in the region.
It was reported that the IED had been planted near the Administration Police (AP) post in Elwak Town’s Central Business District (CBD).
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March Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack
Additionally, on March 25, three people, including two police officers, were killed in a terrorist attack in Mandera town.
Police Commissioner Alex Mbuvi Munguti from Mandera Police Station and his counterpart Cyprian Kuta from QRU Arabia died after an explosion at Fish Point Hotel.
A civilian woman named Doreen also lost her life, while twelve others, including three other police officers sustained injuries.
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