Thursday, 22 September 2016

Shabaab militants storm Kenya police post

Members of the Somalian military forces walk at the site of a suicide car bomb attack, which killed a top Somalia general along with four of his security guards, near Gashandhiga

compound, south of Mogadsihu, on September 18, 2016.
General Mohamed Roble Jimale Gobale, known for fighting the jihadist Shabaab group, was killed on September 18 when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into his vehicle, officials and witnesses said. The attack was claimed by the Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB

Islamist gunmen launched an overnight attack on a police camp in Kenya’s north-east, close to the Somali border, police and militants said Thursday.

“Over 50 terrorists attacked the police patrol base in two Land Cruisers but the officers in the camp managed to repulse them amid a fierce exchange of fire,” Kenya police spokesman George Kinoti said in a statement.

The raid on the police post in the town of Liboi began shortly after midnight.

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