Al-Shabaab militants ambushed vehicles, killed one person, and injured 10 others in Lamu, Kenya, on August 1.
“Today
at approximately 7:40 a.m., suspected terrorists attacked travelers
along the Lamu-Witu-Garsen highways where one person was killed and 10
injured, while a yet-to-be-determined number are missing,” said the Kenyan Minister for Interior and National Administration.
Security
reports that approximately 60 members of the Somali-based
al-Qaida-allied terrorist group stopped vehicles and motorcycles in the
remote area, fully armed, ready to carry out a massive attack.
One of the security personnel who responded to the attack told ICC, “We
were notified by the first survivors that arrived on a vehicle damaged
in the rear by bullets. We responded rapidly, and a gun battle ensued.
We managed to scatter the large groups of terrorists into the nearby
Boni Forest. We thank God that He used the survivors to report to us. It
would have been one of the deadliest al-Shabaab attacks in recent
years.”
One
of the vehicles sprayed with bullets belonged to a local member of the
County Assembly, who was traveling with his wife and children. They were
evaluated and taken to the hospital, where his wife succumbed to bullet
wounds as they were receiving treatment.
Today’s
attack comes barely three weeks after one person was killed and seven
houses set on fire by terrorists that attacked internally displaced
people (IDPs) taking shelter at a camp in Juhudi due to the ongoing
security threat in Lamu.
In
a separate incident, the Al-Shabaab militia earlier today detonated an
improvised explosive device and fired assault weapons targeting a
passenger bus in Mandera, injuring one civilian.
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