This archive report was first published on 13 January 2020.
On January 13, 2020, a deadly attack attributed to the terrorist group Al-Shabab occurred in Garissa county, Kenya, marking the second such attack on a school in the area within a month.
According to police spokesman Charles Owino, the attack took place at approximately 02:00 on Monday, with armed attackers believed to be Al-Shabab militia targeting Kamuthe primary school and a nearby police post.
"Today morning at about 02:00, armed attackers believed to be al-Shabab militia attacked Kamuthe primary school next to Kamuthe police post. They attempted to destroy a telecommunication mast, and they also murdered three teachers," Owino said.
The attack resulted in the deaths of three teachers, with no officers injured at the police post.
Kenya police have mobilized in pursuit of the attackers, who also attempted to destroy a telecommunication mast.
This attack is the second deadly assault attributed to Al-Shabab on a school in Garissa county this month, following a January 7 attack that killed at least four students and injured four more.
Al-Shabab has been blamed for attacks that killed at least 23 people in Kenya's northeast and coastal towns in just over a month, with a brazen January 5 attack on a joint Kenya-U.S. military base in Lamu killing three Americans and wounding at least two others.
