Seven police officers were killed in the attack. [Photo: File, Standard]The death of five people in Mandera Friday brought to 40 the number of Kenyans killed through suspected Al Shabaab attacks in the last one month, raising alarm about preparedness to fight terror. In Friday’s morning attack, the attackers arrived at Equity Bank in Elwak town at 9:30 am in a Probox and opened fire, shooting indiscriminately. In a separate incident, an IED narrowly missed a vehicle at Qurqura area. It was not immediately established how many people were injured at the Equity Bank incident, but Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia said they are pursuing the killers.

Source: Standard Digital June 23, 2017 18:22 UTC