In Garissa County on Tuesday, an improvised explosive device (IED) was struck by a car carrying three police officers, killing them all.
An IED that had been placed on the road by alleged Al-Shabaab terrorists struck the officers from the Border Patrol Unit of the Administration while they were travelling to Garissa town.
Due to the broad and porous border, which has made it simpler for terrorist elements to enter the nation and stage attacks, Garissa, located on the Kenya-Somalia border, continues to confront the threat of assaults from the Shabaab terror group.
The assault occurred just one month after four people died when a convoy of engineers from the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) in Garissa died of suspected Al-Shabaab insurgents.
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According to police, the victims, who were part of a team performing a routine inspection of the LAPSSET road, died after the car vehicle they were riding in was struck by an IED (IED) thought to have been planted by Al-Shabaab militants.
Police claim that when the IED detonated, it destroyed the Toyota Hilux Double Cabin that was the initial vehicle.
According to a police report, "the other vehicles turned back to Hailey camp."
Three cars carrying a convoy of KeNHA engineers were conducting a routine inspection of the LAPSSET Road when they came under assault.
The group was going from Garissa to Bura East via Hailey Chinese Camp.
Police recovered three bodies from the location, but it's thought that the fourth is unrecoverable in the attack.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki stated last week that security authorities had increased border surveillance to stop a militant organization with a base in Somalia from entering the nation.
He pointed out how severely damaged Al-Shabaab has become due to the government's campaign against its Somalian terror cells.
According to the Interior CS, increased border patrol efforts to stop the spread of illegal weapons and drugs.
Now that this terrorist organization is at its most vulnerable, he continued, "our security authorities are vigilant to guarantee that these terrorists do not cross into our land to keep them at bay."
Kindiki claimed that to stay one step ahead of the terrorists; security organizations had enhanced their intelligence-gathering techniques.
"We are constantly aware that terrorists only need one fortunate incident to harm our nation and cause us harm. To neutralize them and destroy their evil networks, he stated that we must always attack first and quickly.
He emphasized how many terror plans efforts to stop the spread of the source by security agencies.
