At least five police officers have been injured after suspected al-Shabaab fighters attacked a convoy travelling along Mandera-Elwak roads near Kenya’s border with Somalia.
According to police statement, the officers were in a contingent of regular police, the Border Patrol Unit (BPU), Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
“It happened today (Thursday) at Bamba Ola stretch along the B9 road between Wargadud and Elwak that a joint patrol security team was sprayed with bullets by suspected Shabaab militants,” reads a report filed at the Elwak Police Station.
One officer was reportedly suffered a gunshot injury in his forehead and was treated at Elwak Sub-County Hospital and discharged in a fair condition.
The other four officers suffered injuries when they jumped out of their vehicles to respond to the attackers.
One officer’s G3 rifle was damaged after being hit by a bullet from the assailants.
An Elwak Police Station vehicle was also damaged in the rain of bullets.
“The station vehicle registration number GKB 825, a Toyota Land Cruiser had its rear screen shattered, its exhaust pipe damaged, chassis shot at and it had a bullet hole on the rear roof rails,” the police report said.
