Officers who have been trailing Banati say he planned to attack the officers from Har Har GSU camp with the help of individuals operating within the Dadaab refugee camp. The refugee complex has hosted terrorists including the group that carried out the Garissa University attack in 2015. It also allowed the transit of attackers during the Westgate attack in 2013 and the Dusit attack in January 2019. Banati was injured during the attack and retreated to Somalia for medical care, only to resurface in 2018. On Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned the 11 GSU officers and strongly vowed to pursue the attackers.

Source: Standard Digital October 18, 2019 21:11 UTC