Security officers in Mandera thwarted an attempted raid on a police camp in the area by suspected al-Shabaab militants.
According to police, the attack on the Elram camp, which was manned by officers from the Anti-stock theft unit (ASTU), lasted 10 minutes.
Police reported that militants fired explosives at the camp on Friday evening, prompting officers to respond.
There were no casualties reported in the incident, and officers are now pursuing the attackers, who are said to have fled to the camp’s eastern borders.
“The attack was well repulsed, the explosives that were fired by the militias-one rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) landed inside the camp and the other outside causing a fire inside and outside the camp,” reads the report.
The attack on the camp comes as security forces step up their efforts to combat militants operating near the main border.
A month ago, Special Forces deployed to the area killed 20 militants in a clash.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that the resulting heavy gunfire exchange between the Officers who were on patrol, and the militants, left twenty militants fatally injured and eight National Police Service Officers injured. Police also recovered assorted weapons from the scene of the crime,” Police spokesperson Resla Onyango said.
