NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – Suspected al-Shabaab fighters have destroyed a telecommunication mast in Mandera county near Kenya’s border with Somalia.
The attack took place in Suleka Tinfa area of Mandera South, cutting off communication.
Mandera County Commissioner Amos Mariba said the attackers used explosives and guns to destroy the mast.
“A Safaricom mast was destroyed in the night attack and is currently partially damaged. It needs to be repaired for the area to have the normal network,” Mr Mariba told Nation Media.
National police reservists deployed to guard the mast were overpowered by the heavily armed militants who struck at 1am, although Mr Mariba described the security situation in Mandera as relatively good at the moment.
The terror group has increased attacks in Kenya in a renewed trend that has left several people dead in the past weeks near the Kenya-Somalia border.
Al-Shabaab has been attacking areas along Kenya’s border with Somalia since 2011 when Kenya sent its troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabaab fighters.
Dozens of non-locals were killed and wounded in the attacks in Mandera, Wajir and Garissa counties.
There are thousands of Kenyan soldiers working under African Union Mission in Somalia.
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