Detectives are
investigating an incident where the body of a refugee was found in a car at the
Dagahaley camp, Dadaab, Garissa County.
Locals using the
Dagahaley-Welhar road told police there was a car that had been abandoned there
on Wednesday July 9.
Police rushed to the
scene and established the car had a bullet hole on the windscreen of the
driver’s side.
His car, a Toyota
Succeed, had stalled on the road.
Police said the driver
was leaning on the steering wheel with some bloodstains on his back.
The deceased was later
identified as Osman Ahmed Abdulahi, 42 who is a businessman from block 11 at
the Dagahaley Refugee Camp.
A spent cartridge of
7.6mm special was recovered about 100 meters from where the car had stalled.
The body was moved to the
mortuary pending autopsy and investigations.
Police suspect he was
shot as he drove through the road after being stopped and defied orders by
gunmen who could be al Shabaab militants or local militia.
Al Shabaab militants
operate in the area and target motorists on major roads.
Police have mounted
operations that have diminished the attacks by large numbers.
The area is near the
Kenya-Somalia border, which has been facing security challenges from the terror
group.
It also hosts thousands
of refugees who are a challenge to handle. Some are pursued by gunmen from the
neighbouring Somalia for attacks, police say.
The area has in the past been experiencing attacks by the terror group.
The gang crosses from Somalia through the porous border before launching attacks that have crippled operations in much of urban areas in the region
.
Kenya has reacted by among others, deploying more personnel and technology in
the area to tame the threat and attacks.
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
Elsewhere in Athi River,
Machakos County, a man was found murdered and body abandoned on the roadside.
The body had injuries on the head
and chest and seemed to have been dragged on a rough surface before being
abandoned there on July 10.
The motive
of the murder is yet to be known.
The body was moved to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.
