Police in Mandera yesterday repulsed al Shabaab fighters after hours of gun fighting following an attack by the militants. The Somalian soldiers have since camped in Mandera after al Shabaab seized Bulla Hawa and forced them out of the town. Most al Shabaab attacks in Mandera town have been planned in Bulla Hawa from where the militants easily cross over through the porous border. Only last month, gunmen suspected to be al Shabaab members destroyed a Safaricom telecommunication mast in Dabacity area in Mandera. Also last month, al Shabaab militants hurled grenades on a Chinese hall near the mast.

Source: The Star September 11, 2017 21:33 UTC