Al-Shabaab Attacks village in Mandera County, Kenya.

Suspected al-Shabaab fighters attacked a village in Mandera county near Kenya-Somalia border. According to locals who spoke to the media, the fighters attacked the home of Omar-Jiliow village chief and torched his office.

Police said no one was injured in the attack adding that the attackers escaped soon after their assault and the North eastern regional police boss said no injuries had been reported as well.

Kenya’s northeastern region has been borne the brunt of grenade and gun attacks in the last several years since Kenya took its troops to Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab group. This group has been attacking areas along the Kenya-Somalia border while targeting mostly non- locals working in the region.
Many people, majority of them non- locals have as a result lost their lives with others left with permanent injuries. The group vowed to continue staging attacks on Kenya’s soil until the East Africa nation withdrew from Somalia.
Kenya had sent its troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight al-Shabaab following several attacks in Kenya’s coastal region allegedly conducted by the terror group.