NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – At least 23 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in fierce fighting with a Special Operation Group (Sog) in Mandera county near Kenya’s border with Somalia.
According to the police statement, eight security officers were also injured.
Dr Resila Onyango, the National Police Spokesperson said the security agencies responded ‘successfully’.
“There was an incident in Mandera and preliminary investigations indicate that the resulting heavy gunfire exchange between our officers who were on patrol, and the militants, left 20 militants fatally injured,” she said by phone.
Police also recovered assorted weapons from the scene including a sub-machine gun and an RPG among other items recovered, according to Dr Onyango.
Dr Onyango said none of the 23 killed suspected militants has been identified by the locals but investigations were underway to know their origin.
“Police in Mandera are investigating a suspected Shabaab terrorist attack following an ambush on our Sog team on July 5, 2023, at Ogorwen Location within Mandera County,” said NPS tweet.
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