Police Destroy Al Shabaab Logistics Base In Garissa

According to police, the terrorists had fled by the time the team arrived.

Multi-agency teams destroyed an al Shabaab logistics base in Dahun, Fafi, and Garissa counties, and recovered various foodstuffs.

The officers destroyed the food and continued to hunt down the terrorists who were using the base.

According to police, the terrorists had fled by the time the team arrived.

This is the second such recovery in two weeks in the same area.

Police say the area is being used as a logistics base for the terrorists who move to attack targets and retreat there.

At least three al Shabaab militants were on October 17 in an ambush by police in Fafi, Garissa County, and assorted food was found on them.

They were transporting the food on donkey carts to a new makeshift when they were ambushed, police said.

The security team killed three militants while others escaped with serious injuries and recovered foodstuffs, water, and a collapsible tank,” said a police official aware of the operation.

Multi-agency teams have mounted operations in the areas near the Somali-Kenya border.

The incident came barely a week after two al-Shabaab militants were killed when a bomb they were setting up exploded on them in the Amuma area in the county.

Police said the two were placing the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the main supply route used by security agencies and other motorists when it exploded.

The area has suffered repeated attacks that have rendered it inhabitable. This has forced the government to suspend a plan to reopen the border that was closed in 2011.