A 28-year-old herder was shot and killed in an inter-clan clash in Qorobo area, Takaba, Mandera County.
This incident occurred on Monday evening, July 21, as two groups of herders disagreed over the watering point in
the area, police said.
The groups had driven
their cattle to the area when they met and differed, leading to a
confrontation.
This led to a shooting
that left Abdi Manur Adan, 28, dead after he was hit in the head, police and witnesses said.
The bullet entered the
mouth and exited at the back of the head, police said.
In the chaos, the groups
dispersed, leaving with their animals.
Ten motorcycles that some
of the herders were using were stolen, police said.
The body was moved to the
local mortuary pending autopsy and burial, police added.
Local leaders were
expected to meet on Tuesday for talks to address the standoff amid concerns about potential retaliation.
Police said they had increased
patrols in the area to tame any planned attacks.
Such clashes are common
in the area, and watering points are the main cause for the same.
Elsewhere in Iftin,
Garissa County, a police officer was stabbed and injured as he tried to arrest
a man who had stopped road officials from demarcating a road near his house.
The officer and his
colleague had gone to the Sambul area to arrest the suspect who had stopped the construction, when a confrontation ensued.
He had stopped the Kenya
Urban Roads Authority officials from removing a fence from the road reserve.
Police said the suspect
armed himself with a spear and knife and chased the officials, forcing their
intervention.
It was then that he
stabbed one of the officers in the chest, leaving him with serious injuries.
The suspect also stabbed
himself in the thigh in the drama.
He was later arrested and
taken to a local station for processing prior to arraignment.
Police said they would
charge him with threatening to kill, assault and resisting arrest.
A two-meter-long spear
and the knife were recovered from the suspect, who was attended to at a local
hospital.
Police said they had enhanced security in the area to address any threats to the contractors.
