Kenya's forces mobilized as search for Cuban doctors extends to Somalia
By JOSEPH MURAYA,
Friday April 12, 2019
According to police, the militants were boarding 2 Toyota probox cars when they waylaid the County Government vehicle ferrying the doctors to work, shot dead the administration officer before abducting them/CFM NEWS
The focus of the operation has shifted to neighbouring towns across Somalia.
According to police, the militants were boarding two Toyota Probox cars when they waylaid the County Government vehicle ferrying the doctors to work, shot dead the administration officer before abducting them.
It is not yet clear whether the other officer attached to the doctors was injured or not and how he managed to escape.
"We will be able to give more information in the course of the day,” he assured.
The terrorists were behind the 2013 attack on Westgate mall that left 67 people dead.
Two years later, on April 2, they attacked Garissa University College, killing 148 people a majority of them being students- this has been termed as Kenya’s worst terror attack.
On January 15, the militants attacked Riverside drive complex killing 21 people.
Kenya Defence Forces are part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) engaging Al-Shabaab and though they have been weakened, they still pose a serious security threat to the region.
Kenya's forces mobilized as search for Cuban doctors extends to Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan security forces have been mobilized to join in the search for two Cuban doctors abducted from Mandera on Friday morning and taken to Somalia, raising fresh security concerns in the volatile region. One of the two police