This archive report was first published on 9 July 2020.
On July 9, 2020, a lull in Al-Shabaab attacks in Garissa County came to an abrupt end with a daring midnight raid on Korakora village.
Suspected militants targeted a Safaricom mast and an AP camp, destroying the structures in the process.
Garissa County Commissioner Meru Mwangi confirmed the incident, stating that there were no casualties during the attack.
"The information I have for now is that the attackers destroyed the Safaricom mast and an AP camp in Korakora. A team of security officers led by Garissa deputy county commissioner Samwel and security team are at the scene as we speak," Mwangi said.
Garissa County has witnessed a lull in Al-Shabaab attacks since January 7, 2020, when militants destroyed a Safaricom mast in a dawn attack that left four pupils of Saretho boarding primary school dead.
Just a week later, the militants attacked Kamuthe trading centre, shooting and killing three non-local teachers.
The Kamuthe attack prompted the Teachers' Service Commission to transfer all non-local teachers from North Eastern region, despite an uproar from local leadership.
