This archive report was first published on 20 August 2019.
On Tuesday morning, suspected Al-Shabab militants engaged in a shootout with National Police Reservists in Kheira village, Mandera County, leaving one person injured.
The injured man, Isaack Abdi Bulle, a madrasa teacher, sustained a bullet injury during the attack.
According to the area MCA, Ahmed Gabnan Ali, the phone mast in the locale was completely destroyed in the attack.
"The enemy struck after midnight and by morning hours gun sounds still rendered the air," he said.
The attack is the latest in a series of incidents involving the militant group, which has remained active in towns near the Somalia border and in Somali country.
On August 15, 2019, the militants raided two police camps in Fino, Mandera East Sub County, killing two civilians after the police repulsed them.
On August 14, 2019, the Islamist group attacked a Somali government base with car bombs and a shootout battle that saw both sides suffer multiple deaths.
