Somali militants kill 6 Kenyan police reservists and ransack their border camp

NAIROBI, Kenya — Armed militants from Somalia raided a Kenyan police camp close to the border, killed six reservists and seized weapons, Kenyan police mentioned Sunday.

4 different police reservists sustained critical wounds from the assault on a camp in Garissa county by al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants, police spokesperson Michael Muchiri mentioned, including that extra police had been deployed to extend safety within the space.

The militants shot and stabbed the reservists, ransacked the camp and took away weapons. An undisclosed variety of militants additionally died within the assault, Muchiri mentioned.

The world close to the porous Kenya-Somalia border that has been repeatedly breached by militants.

The U.S Embassy in Kenya final week issued an advisory for Individuals to not journey to the world because of the danger of assaults and kidnappings.

Final week, a Kenyan police officer at a border put up in Mandera county was shot and killed by armed males suspected to be Somali intelligence officers. Kenyan police officers mentioned the assault was a revenge mission after Kenyan officers arrested Somali nationals who had been allegedly planning an assault on an infrastructure mission.

Somalia has since 2022 intensified safety operations focusing on al-Shabab militants, who management a few of the rural areas. An African Union stabilization mission made up of troops from totally different nations is helping Somalia within the struggle towards al-Shabab.