A suspected
terrorist was killed after he and his accomplices crossed the Kenya-Somalia
border in Liboi with the intention to attack the area.
Dozens others managed to escape in the Saturday
action, which was credited with averting a potential national security threat
and restoring calm along the historically volatile stretch.
Officials said a joint task force deployed along the border detected suspicious movement under cover of darkness.
The specialised
officers immediately mobilised and intercepted the group before they could
cross into Kenya.
One suspect was killed on the spot.
The operation comes amid heightened concern over
repeated cross-border terrorism threats.
On Friday, police repulsed
a suspected probe attack on the Khorof Harar police station in Wajir County.
According to
the police, the incident happened on November 28, 2025, at night, when
gunmen lobbed three Rocket Propelled Grenades.
They also fired
tracer bullets. Police said the gang, believed to be al-Shabaab militants, had
PKM rifles. After the shooting and thunderous blasts, the police officers at
the station fired back as they took cover.
Police said the
attackers escaped. On Saturday, a number of spent cartridges were recovered
from the scene.
No injuries were reported in the
incident.
A similar attempt was made at
Hulugho police station in Garissa County, police said.
The incident happened Saturday
night when the terrorists fired at least five RPGs and fired to the station three
times.
The team at the station fired
back to show alertness, forcing the gang to vanish into darkness.
Police said the two incidents in
Khorof Harar and Hulugho show there are attempts to attack installations or any
other targets.
This has prompted heightened
operations in the area, police said.
The area has been facing
sporadic attacks from the militants who cross from the porous border amid
ongoing operations to contain the same.
Tens of security personnel have
been deployed to the area to address the menace.
Most of the
attackers are members of the al-Shabaab terror group and their collaborators
operating in the area, officials said.
Police have
been urging locals to cooperate with them to address the menace, which has
affected development at large.
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.
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.
