Deadly Al-Shabaab attack kills 2 people in Kenya

[Deeq A.]

Nairobi (Caasimada Online) —Two people have been killed in bomb-and-gun-attack by by Al Shabaab militants near Kenyan border along Somalia.

The took place in Lafey area of Mandera town, after Al-Shabaab attackers hurled grenade bombs into Arabia Boys Secondary School, leaving two teachers dead.

Kenyan police says the group’s militants had overpowered the four Kenya Police Reservists manning the school’s gate.

No police soldier was killed or injured in the attack, apart from the deaths of two teachers.

It is unclear why the school was targeted.

Kenyan police and security soldiers launched a hunt for the attackers as reinforcement was being marshaled.

Mandera County Commissioner Olaka Kutswa, said dozens of Kenyan military forces had been deployed to the nearby of the school.

Kenya’s northeast region has suffered terror attacks over the years, stifling development in the border county.

In May, Al Shabaab killed four at a quarry in Shimbir Fatuma, a remote location in Mandera town bordering Somalia.

In August, two people were killed by militia at Mandera South Sub County, an incident that prompted the area MP Adan Kullow to call an urgent meeting with local security leaders and elders.

 Caasimada Online

Nairobi News Desk

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