A vehicle belonging to Fafi MP Salah Yakub was ambushed Thursday evening in the Dagega district while leaving the burial of one of the Garissa massacres.

According to accounts, the incident was a retaliation strike after six people were killed in the Kunaso neighbourhood of Garissa on Wednesday.

PHOTO | COURTESY Salah Yakub


Yesterday, three journalists were caught in the gunfire and were forced to seek refuge at Galmagala Police Station.

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Speaking to Royal media on Friday, the MP said his convoy of roughly seven cars was attacked in the Dagega area on its route to Garissa in a 30-minute onslaught.

He said tha the gunmen opened fire on one of the cars but were overcome by officers accompanying them.

"I went to Dekarja ward on Thursday night after hearing that some people had raided the village and killed one man." 'I arrived with a convoy of around seven to eight automobiles in the morning,' he explained.

PHOTO | COURTESY Salah Yakub


"On our way to Garissa, we were attacked, but we were fortunate because we were accompanied by a police vehicle; QRU officers were with me." he added

Yakub said that the man he had gone to bury had been murdered on his way home from a Mosque by a gang of roughly seven men.

"I knew the man; he was attacked by a gang of 5 to 7 people after leaving a Mosque...we went and took his body to the Galmagala Police Station," he explained.

Since his residents live in fear, the lawmaker has urged the county's warring organizations to reconcile their differences.

Following inter-clan conflicts, six persons were shot dead on Wednesday in the Kunaso region village of Bula Tawakal.