A communication mast in Mandera Photo/Horn Diplomat
Al- Shabaab militants are suspected to have demolished a communication mast at Daba City in Mandera South Sub-County.
According to Danniel Bundotich, the area Deputy County Commissioner said the incident took place on Wednesday.
“A loud explosion was heard and police reservists guarding the mast reported an attack at Daba City by suspected Al-Shabaab militants,” he said as quoted by the Daily Nation.
He also added that the officers were not injured during the incident.
“The police reservists were overpowered by the attackers as they engaged in gunfight but none was injured,” said Mr Bundotich.
Bundotich says there were 14 to 20 attackers and they escaped into Somalia following the incident. “Our response team including the Kenya Defence Forces, administration and Kenya police units is still pursuing the attackers and we are getting support from inside Somalia too. We are getting information from the locals, most of them fear of repercussions because Al-Shabaab sympathisers live among them,” he said.