Thursday, June 23, 2016
By STEPHEN ASTARIKO
The driver of the vehicle that was hit by an IED in Hulugho is treated at the Garissa Referral Hospital yesterday. Farah Abdi suff ered compound fractures in his left leg /STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh yesterday said intelligence reports indicate al Shabaab plans to carry out major attacks during the holy month of Ramadhan.
He said their major targets are social places, government offices, police stations and military convoys. Other attacks are to be carried out at the Coast and Nairobi. “We have intelligence that al Shabaab has planned attacks on Kenyan soil during Ramadhan,” Saleh said.
He said security has been increased in major government offices, social gatherings and on the Kenya-Somalia border.
On Monday, suspected al Shabaab attacks were carried out in Elwak and Hulugho in Mandera and Garissa counties.
Saleh said the attacks were planned by the Garissa University College attack mastermind Mohamed Kuno, alias Gamadhere, before he was killed on June 1, during a joint operation by the Somali army and foreign forces in Bulo Gudud, Somalia. He said the militants want to prove they have not been weakened by carrying out fresh attacks. “We suspect they will keep on harassing us in the remaining days of the Ramadhan period. We have prepared ourselves for them. The remaining days are very crucial in our security surveillance,” Saleh said.