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| Al-Shabab has waged a brutal insurgency in Kenya and parts of East Africa |
Nairobi, KENYA
Three
civilians were killed in a suspected Al Shabaab attack in Kamuthe area, Garissa
County in a pre-dawn strike on Monday.
North
Eastern Regional Police Commander Paul Soi confirmed the attack to reporters.
Reports
suggest all the victims are teachers.
According
to Mr Soi, the militants were targeting a communication mast and a police camp
in the area. The mast was partiality destroyed.
The
attack happened around 2:30 a.m.
Early
reports suggest that the victims were non-local teachers, but the regional
police boss said they were still awaiting more information from the ground.
"Our
officers are currently in the area and we are still gathering information on
what happened," he said.
This
latest attack comes barely a week after the Somalia-based militia killed four
pupils from Saretho Primary School in Garissa and left three others with
injuries.
An attack
on teachers in the region two years ago saw two non-local tutors lose their
lives, leading to a mass exodus of teachers from the North Eastern region.
Last week,
the Islamist group killed three Americans; a
US military service and two contractors on a military
base used by Kenyan and US forces, in the popular coastal region
of Lamu. - Africa
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