- Police who responded to the scene said they found a Toyota Probox parked on the roadside with no occupants but was damaged with bullets.
- Two kilometers away, a matatu with seven passengers from Witu direction was attacked.
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At least two people were killed and 10 others injured in an attack by al Shabaab terrorists at the border of Lamu and Tana River Counties.
At least five vehicles using the Lamu-Witu-Garsen Highway were attacked in the Tuesday attack, which was described as horrifying and daring.
Others were burnt by the terrorists who were in military attire.
Among the vehicles attacked and damaged include that of Hindi Prisons, which was shot at as the driver used the road but managed to escape.
Police who responded to the scene said they found a Toyota Probox parked on the roadside with no occupants but was damaged with bullets.
Two kilometers away, a matatu with seven passengers from Witu was attacked. Four passengers were left with multiple injuries.
The vehicle overturned as the driver tried to escape prompting the terrorists to burn it.
Another vehicle belonging to Kenya Fisheries department was shot at and its three occupants are missing. The vehicle was found on the roadside, police said.
One body that was partially burnt was found on the roadside.
Another burnt vehicle was found next to the body, which also had a gunshot wound.
Police said another vehicle was found near the same area damaged.
A police armored personnel carrier, which was responding to the scene was hit on both sides by an improvised explosive devise deflating one of its tyres.
This slowed down their response to the scene. The incidents were part of the terror experienced in the area as the government struggles to contain the situation.
On Tuesday, another terror gang targeted a passenger vehicle in Mandera. One passenger was injured in the attack.
The gang detonated an IED and fired assault weapons targeting a civilian vehicle along the road between Bambo and Jabi-bar injuring a civilian.
This comes days after the same gang killed a police reservist and injured two others in Biyamathowa borehole 20 kilometers outside Dadaab refugee Camp in Garissa County.
The incident happened on July 28, officials said, adding more personnel had been sent to pursue the attackers.
On Monday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said an unknown number of people were missing after the attack on the Lamu-Witu-Garsen Highway at Lango la Simba near the border of Lamu and Tana River counties on Monday evening.
"Security personnel from Nyangoro Forward Operation Base who were conducting clearance patrols along the highway responded rapidly and an engagement with the approximately 60 terrorists ensued, scatting them into the Boni Forest," said Kindiki.
He said one of the victims succumbed to injuries while being evacuated for emergency treatment.
"While a combined security operation of elite contingents of the National Police Service and the Kenya Defence Forces is currently underway, treatment of the injured and the search and rescue of missing civilians is going on.
The area near the border with Somalia has suffered a series of terrorist attacks.
On June 24, 11 people were killed when bandits, numbering between six and 30, descended on Salama and Juhudi villages in the remote parts of Kibaoni from about 10.30am.
The state has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Salama, Juhudi, Widho Marafa, Mashogoni, and Ukumbi in Lamu West
The terrorists have been attacking places near the Kenyan border by using guns and explosives leaving dozens dead and many injured.
The recent attacks have forced the government to suspend plans to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border.
Kindiki said this follows an increase in terror-related attacks along the Kenya-Somalia border in the past months.
“The Government will delay the planned reopening of Kenya-Somalia border points until we conclusively deal with the recent spate of terror attacks and cross-border crime.”
And with the ongoing operation in parts of Somalia against the al Shabaab, Kenya expects the attacks in the border region will continue.
The gang behind the attacks cross from Somalia and launch them amid a campaign to address the issue.
Somalia has not had a stable government after the fall of Siad Barre in 1991.
Kenyan troops are in Somalia under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to help in fighting the al-Shabaab terror group. KDF went to Somalia in October 2011.