This archive report was first published on 19 October 2019.
On October 12th, 2019, a devastating attack occurred in Garissa, Kenya, leaving 10 General Service Officers dead. The officers were on patrol along the Damajale Harehare road near the Kenya-Somalia border when their vehicle was ripped off by an improvised Explosive Device.
According to intelligence reports, Abdulahi Banati, a Somali Galjeel citizen, was at the heart of the planning that led to the attack. Banati is suspected to be the commander of a team of militants operating along the border and is believed to have escaped to Somalia with the rest of the operatives.
Police link Banati to militants operating within the Dadaab refugee complex, which has been associated with several high-profile attacks in Kenya, including the 2015 Garissa university attack, the 2013 Westgate attack, and the 2019 Dusit attack.
Authorities are now calling on members of the public with information on Abdulahi Banati to volunteer it to assist in ongoing investigations into the terror network operating in Garissa.
Published on October 19th, 2019, at 13:29:55.
