Police kill 4 suspected extremists at Somali border

Police officers have killed four suspected extremists in Kenya’s volatile Mandera County, a border region hard-hit by recent attacks by the Somali extremist group al-Shabab. Police killed the men at the Somali border while ambushing a group of about 20 suspected members of a cell of al-Shabab militants, North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh said […]

Police officers have killed four suspected extremists in Kenya’s volatile Mandera County, a border region hard-hit by recent attacks by the Somali extremist group al-Shabab.
Police killed the men at the Somali border while ambushing a group of about 20 suspected members of a cell of al-Shabab militants, North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh said Sunday.
The group allegedly was planning an attack on a police station. Police recovered four rifles and Somali army jackets during the ambush, Saleh said.