- The driver and the travellers who escaped with no injuries were forced to abandon the car and scamper for safety.
- One spent cartridge said to have been fired from an AK47 rifle was recovered from the scene.
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Several passengers narrowly escaped death after they were attacked by gunmen believed to be members of the al Shabab at Bukuree Dam along the Garissa-Hulugho road.
Police say the travellers whose number is yet to be established were in a probox car heading towards Garissa when they were attacked.
A report by the police says the attackers fired one round at the car which hit the tyre after the driver declined to stop and instead sped off.
“The driver drove at a high speed forcing the armed men to fire at the car hitting the right rear tyre,” reads the report.
The driver and the travellers who escaped with no injuries were forced to abandon the car and scamper for safety, it adds.
Officers from Iftin police station who were on a normal patrol at areas of Abudiluge later visited the scene where they recovered one cartridge said to have been fired from an AK47 rifle.
The vehicle was also towed to Garissa police station.
A multi-agency team, it says, has been mobilised to comb the area with a view to arresting them.
The incident comes barely a week after two al-Shabaab militants were killed when a bomb they were setting up exploded on them at the Amuma area in the county.
Police said the two were placing the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the main supply route used by security agencies and other motorists when it exploded.
Security teams that responded to the scene found the badly mutilated bodies sprawled all over the area.
Officials said this indicates the terrorists are now attempting to deploy the explosives after a slight decline in attacks in September.
Witnesses said the gang had dug a usually busy route ready for the emplacement of the remote controlled bomb when it went off.
The body parts were picked up for disposal, police said adding they are investigating the incident.
Such incidents are common in the area amid calls on the locals to raise alarm on them whenever they witness the same.
Police say they have upped their operations in the area to tame the plans for the attacks.
The area is near the Kenya- Somalia border where the terrorists cross and launch attacks inland.