Team repulses attack on Kambios Police Post in Garissa

Security officers in Fafi Sub-county, Garissa County, repulsed a suspected militant attack on Kambios Police Post early Saturday morning.

According to the police, the incident occurred at around 12:45 am Saturday, May 23, when an unknown number of suspected militants attacked the post and fired several rounds of ammunition.

Police officers stationed at the post responded with return fire, successfully repelling the attackers.

Police said no officer was injured during the exchange.

The situation was later brought under control, with security officers reinforcing the area as investigations and security operations continue.

Police said they had intensified operations in the area to address the menace. Such incidents are common in the border area.

Such attacks in the past have ended deadly.

Elsewhere, a potentially terror mission was thwarted after a multi-agency security team arrested a terror suspect recovering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along the Garissa–Dadaab Road.

The suspect raised suspicion after officers on routine patrol at Haji Aden area spotted him by the roadside.

The moment he noticed the approaching security team, he took off into a nearby bush in a desperate bid to escape, police said.

What followed was a chase through the thickets before the officers finally cornered and arrested him.

The suspect was taken back to the exact location where he had been standing before fleeing, where officers discovered an IED, pointing into a sinister attack that was in the making.

Also recovered at the scene was a military-style jungle attire, including a jungle jacket and trousers, as well as two mobile phones.

The suspect was escorted to Garissa Police Station for processing as detectives widen investigations ahead of his arraignment.

Meanwhile, the recovered items are being detained as exhibits.

And a joint and coordinated security operation in the Digdiga general area, Wajir county led to the dismantling of a suspected al-Shabaab camp at Qanjara Durow.

During the operation, security personnel established a presence near Gel Qad Junction before advancing towards Qanjara Durow, where they encountered suspected militants and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.

They overpowered the al-Shabaab militants and secured the area. The team further dismantled the camp after neutralising more militants who were present.

Upon searching the camp, the team recovered assorted materials linked to militant activities, including communication equipment, improvised explosive device (IED)-related materials, uniforms, ammunition, food supplies, and other logistical items.

The recovered materials were secured for further examination as investigations continue.

Security operations in the area have since been intensified as investigations continue into those behind the attack.

The area is near the Kenya-Somalia border, which is usually breached by al-Shabaab terrorists for attacks.

Kenya has mounted operations to address the menace, which has curtailed development in the area at large.

This has led to the deployment of more personnel and technology in the region to address the menace.

The terrorists usually set up explosives on the roads and leave dozens of Kenyans dead and property destroyed.

Somalia has not had a stable government for decades, which has created room for the terror group to operate and cross into Kenya for attacks.

Security agents have mounted operations in the area in an effort to contain the terror-related attacks.

Officials say this has led to the reduction of such incidents in general. 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, which is tourism.

Several regions have since been liberated from the terrorists.