People reported missing after Alshabaab attacks motorists in Lamu
Three persons reported missing after Al-Shabaab militants attack motorists on the Lamu-Witu-Garsen highway in Lamu County
Three persons reported missing after Al-Shabaab militants attack motorists on the Lamu-Witu-Garsen highway in Lamu County.
Several vehicles plying the Mombasa and Lamu routes were attacked by the militants in the Koreni area of Lamu early Tuesday.
Three people have been reported missing after the attack and are believed to have been held hostage by Alshabaab militants.
According to Lamu County Commissioner Louis Rono, the victims were traveling in a vehicle that veered off the road and rolled into the bush.
“Suspected Al-Shabaab militants had waylaid vehicles plying the route; unfortunately, as one of the drivers sped off from the militants, his car veered off the road and rolled inside the bush, where three occupants are believed to have gone missing, and two others managed to escape to safety,” he said.
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Rono further added that a Prorbox vehicle that was sprayed with bullets by the militants had six occupants, but no one was injured.
“The Probox that was ferrying passengers from Mombasa to Mihiloi was the first target; however, the driver managed to speed off, and all the occupants are safe,” he added.
Rono noted that the security apparatus in the area was on high alert following the attack.
“Security has been intensified. We are tracing the militants, who are believed to have retreated back to Boni Forest,” he stated.
The over 20 heavily armed militants are suspected to have laid ambush along the busy highway, targeting vehicles plying the routes.
Several other cars caught up in the early morning chaos managed to make a U-turn, cutting their journeys short.
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