Leaders from Garissa County have expressed their concern over the resurgence of Al-Shabaab militants following the recent attacks in Garissa and Mandera counties.
The leaders, led by Aulian clan Sultan Hamud Mohamed, said the militants are now targeting security officers from the region and recent attacks have claimed seventeen lives in the past two weeks.
Mohamed said the increased attacks have caused the residents to live in fear due to insecurity adding that the core source of insecurity in the region is the Somalia based terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
He said the attacks have brought back horrifying memories of the Garissa University College massacre that claimed 147 lives, most of them students.
“In the past two weeks, reports of our police officers being killed by IEDs attributed to al Shabaab have shocked us. We as Garissa leaders condemn these killings. These are our sons. Leaders are not talking about it,” he said.
“Security agents should go back to the drawing board and retrace their steps to find out what went wrong,” added Mohamed.
The leader who also urged the residents to work closely and volunteer information to security agencies that will help assist in fighting terrorism said that matters of security is a collective responsibility which should not be left to the security agencies only.