At least four suspected al-Shabaab terrorists were Monday killed in a clash in Najo and Guracho areas of Garissa County.
Two
AK-47 rifles, a PKM machine gun, multiple rounds of ammunition, and
communication radios were recovered from the men.
According to police, the four were combing the area with plans to attack security personnel and installations when they were ambushed.
The clash happened after the team from Kenya’s elite Special Operations Group (SOG) trailed them for hours. The success followed a meticulously planned intelligence-led operation, police said.
The militants were first spotted by a surveillance drone, after which the units tracked and engaged them, leading to the fatal clash.
A fierce exchange of fire ensued, resulting in four terrorists being killed, police said.
Police said the development marks yet another major victory in a series of well-coordinated operations that continue to cripple al-Shabaab activities.
The area is seen as a breeding ground for terrorist activities in the region at large.
The gang crosses from Somalia through the porous border before launching attacks that have crippled operations in much of urban areas in the region.
They plant explosives on major routes and target security installations in attacks.
Others target nonlocals as part of their strategies to advance their agenda.
Kenya has reacted by deploying more personnel and technology in the area, among other things, to tame the threat and attacks.
Local sympathisers have been blamed for the attacks in the region, which have always targeted security personnel and civil servants, including teachers.
Kenya launched Operation Linda Nchi on October 14, 2011, after gunmen seized tourists at the Coast, which the Government saw as a threat to the country's sovereignty as it targeted the nation's economic lifeline, tourism.
Kenya's incursion into southern Somalia started after the kidnapping of two Spanish women, who were working for MSF at the Dadaab refugee camp.
The abductions were carried out by the militants who the troops said planned to push away under the Operation Linda Nchi.
Two years later, the troops managed to take control of Kismayo port under Operation Sledgehammer.
The troops have liberated many regions near the Kenyan porous border.
Somalia has not had an effective central
government since the 1991 overthrow of President Siad Barre's military regime,
which ushered in more than two decades of anarchy and conflict in a country
deeply divided along clan lines.
This has seen the country stuck in chaos.
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