Daring bandits kill three including a chief, injure 3 KDF officers in broad day attack
Bandits kill three including a chief and injure 3 KDF officers in a broad-day attack on Saturday amid heightened security
Bandits kill three including a chief and injure 3 KDF officers in a broad-day attack on Saturday amid heightened security.
Three people have been killed in the Lkek Sabuk area in Samburu West after armed bandits raided several villages in the region.
The deceased include an area chief and two locals in the region.
The bandits stole livestock while exchanging fire with security agents.
It is claimed that they stole seven cows despite heightened security in the region.
The killings come at a time the KDF and GSU officers are combing the area to flush out bandits.
Bodies of the three victims were taken to the Samburu County Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem examinations.
Locals said the bandits from a neighbouring community raided more than three villages and drove away hundreds of livestock.
Police sources said that some security officers sustained gunshot injuries in the battle with the bandits.
“We were attacked by bandits in the morning. We are now hopeless because if the military cannot stop these people, then who will?” posed Jackson Lanyasunya, a local resident.
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Reports indicate that two military officers from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) and one from the General Service Unit (GSU) have been airlifted to Nairobi for further medical attention.
The injured officers were on normal patrol duties when bandits attacked their vehicles in Lkeek Sabuk in Samburu West Constituency on Friday.
“The officers were ambushed by armed bandits who opened fire. We saw a chopper which airlifted them,” said a reliable source on the ground.
A multi-agency team drawn from the KDF and the National Police Service are pursuing the bandits to recover the animals stolen by bandits.
Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda said the government must intensify the security operations because bandits have begun carrying out attacks during the day.
“The government should act Nothing serious is being done, the bandits attack even in broad daylight, driving away cattle and killing our people Yet the police are imposing a severe curfew in town and people are suffering. The bandits are not in town,” Lesuuda said.
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