At least ten people including police officers have been killed and several other owunded following number of attacks by al-Shabaab suspects in Wajir county.
Unknown number of gunmen on Wednesday attacked Khorof and several villages in the county.
The attack claimed lives of four police officers and six civilians.
Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi accused the security forces of laxity saying despite the presence of four military camps residents were still suffering in the hands of Alshabaab.
“We have military, police and other security agencies in the county, yet we can see al-Shabaab intensified their attacks against the civilians in the county,” he said.
Kenya sent its troops to Somalia in 20011 following several terror attacks in northeastern region and abductions in coast region.
A year later, the military forces of the East Africa nation in Somalia were allowed to be part of African Union Mission in Somalia.
Kenya forces who are operating under the framework of AMISOM are based in Gedo and Lower Jubba regions of southern Somalia.
Al-Shabaab which once controlled large swathes of southern and central Somalia including the capital lost to Somali military backed by AMISOM forces.
