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Boy injured in Al-Shabaab attack on Kenyan police camp dies

Xinhua, February 3, 2017 Adjust font size:

A boy who was injured when suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists attacked a police camp in Kenya's border region of Mandera early Thursday has succumbed to injuries.

Osman Abdi Abdille, 15, passed away at Mandera hospital on Thursday night, succumbing to head injuries inflicted by what area police said was a stray bullet.

A local civic leader, Abdullahi Abdirahman has confirmed the death on Friday, saying plans are underway to bury the deceased.

"We are making plans to have the boy buried now after we failed to secure a flight to refer him to a better hospital in Nairobi," said Abdirahman.

The police said on Thursday that security has been beefed up along the border with Somalia after Al-Shabaab militants raided a police camp escaped with a vehicle.

Police spokesman George Kinoti said several security officers are still combing the vast Mandera region to flush out more than 100 Al-Shabaab terrorists who attacked Arabia police camp early Thursday.

Meanwhile, the government has ruled out closing the police camp which came under attack on Thursday by the Somali militants.

The camp which is manned by 22 police officers was attacked by more than 100 Al Shabaab terrorists but no officer was injured or died as police withdrew after the militants launched heavy gun fire.

Mandera County Police Commander Bernard Nyakwaka termed the attack as usual challenges of work.

"We will not close the camp what we are doing is to reinforce it through deployment of more officers from the Rapid Deployment unit (RDU), regular and administration police units on patrol and inside the camp," said Nyakwaka.

He said during the attack officers manning the camp were few and could not withstand the militants who were determined to bring down the facility.

The country top police chief said life is back to normal and security operations have been undeterred after the attack.

"We have talked to community members to work with security agents in curbing crime and we remain optimistic that the cooperation will restore order in the area," he said.

Nyakwaka said they have put in place strategies to protect communication masts after militants have destroyed five in less than three months. Endit