Special security team raids two al-Shabaab manufacturing bomb camps in Garissa
The Special Operations Group (SOG), Kenya’s elite counter-terrorism group thwarts a potential terror threat by Al Shabaab after raiding manufacturing bomb camps in Garissa
The Special Operations Group (SOG), Kenya’s elite counter-terrorism group thwarts a potential terror threat by Al Shabaab after raiding manufacturing bomb camps in Garissa.
Police staged an intelligence-led operation against two al-Shabaab camps in Garissa and recovered assorted bomb-making materials.
The team from the Special Operations Group (SOG), Kenya’s elite Counter-Terrorism Group said the makeshift camps on the Kenya-Somalia border were established as Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) asse
mbly bases.
They were to be used to attack and disrupt civil transport and commercial activities on major roads linking Garissa and Lamu counties, officials said.
“The IED assembly camps were to be used to attack and disrupt civil transport and commercial activities on our major roads linking Garissa and Lamu counties,” the CTP revealed.
The raid was staged on Tuesday, November 5 following intelligence the gang was assembling the materials there, police said.
The gang abandoned the camps, leaving behind, IED making materials (detonators, switches, IED cylinders, sodium nitrates), bullets, communication gadgets and assorted ammo for hand-held rocket launchers.
“The Al Shabaab militants who could not withstand the SOG firepower abandoned the camps, leaving behind IED-making materials (detonators, switches, IED cylinders, sodium nitrates), bullets, communication gadgets, and assorted ammo for hand-held rocket launchers,” the statement read in part.
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The security agencies thanked the local communities for their continued support in sharing valuable information in the fight against terrorism.
The team said the bombs could have affected many people’s lives in the area.
This came days after an IED set on the roadside left a police vehicle badly damaged along Mandera-Wajir road on Saturday, November 2.
Five police officers who were on board escaped with minor injuries, police said.
Police have increased operations in the region to tame plans by the terror group to establish bases and attack targeted areas.
This is part of ongoing counter-terrorism operations by security agencies in the wider North Eastern Region which police say have been fruitful in thwarting terrorism attacks and securing the locals who have vowed to enhance their cooperation in the fight against the terrorist group.
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