By Cyrus Ombati
Garissa, Kenya: One person has been killed and another one seriously injured by gunmen in Garissa Town.
The attack occured along Ngamia Road on Sunday evening. The deceased was a government official attached to Ministry of Public Works in the town while the injured one is a nurse in Dadaab.
Police say the attackers had been trailing the victims before shooting them at point blank killing one on the spot and seriously wounding the other.
Several security agents have been deployed in the northern town ahead of Monday’s polls to avert any possible terror attack.
“We are conteted with the deployment of security officers in the area to ensure safe election period”, said Garissa PPO Charlton Mureithi.
Mureithi said no arrests have been made adding that police were pursuing the assailants.
The town has suffered several grenade and gun attacks since Kenyan troops crossed to Somalia to pursue Al shabaab militia.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment