Lamu: Five police officers shot dead, 8 injured in Al-Shabaab attack
Armed al-Shabab fighters ride on pickup trucks as they prepare to travel into the city, just outside the capital Mogadishu, Dec. 8, 2008. PHOTO/COURTESY: VOA
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Five police officers were shot dead and eight others injured
by Al-Shabaab militants at the Rakei area of Boni Forest, Lamu County.
According to Lamu Police Commissioner Wesley Koech,
preliminary reports indicate that over 70 members of the militia group
attempted to cross the Bodhei-Lamu border via Garissa before encountering the
police officers attached to the Special Operations Group (SOG).
Following the altercation, the injured officers, alongside the
bodies of the deceased, were airlifted to Nairobi.
The incident occurred 3 kilometres from Lamu, with
Commissioner Koech speculating that the Al-Shabaab militants sought to cross
the border to carry out attacks.
He cautioned Kenyans to report any suspicious activities from
unidentified persons within a community.
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