A multi-agency team ambushed an al-Shabaab makeshift camp in Digdiga, Fafi, Garissa county and killed two suspected terrorists.
Security officers recovered three AK47 rifles, ammunition, grenades, radios, indoctrination literature, AAA batteries, animal snare, jerrycans and 120 bullets in the operation.
Each of the weapons had an extra magazine
Police said the raid was staged on Wednesday morning following complaints from locals over frequent harassment by the militants who were planning an attack targeting security officers.
Police trailed the militants deep inside Digdiga Forest and ambushed them as they prepared game meat.
Two militants were gunned down while others fled with serious injuries.
On August 5, multi-agency teams conducted several raids targeting al-Shabaab positions in Mandera, Wajir and Garissa counties.
An intelligence-led operation was conducted on suspected al-Shabaab hideouts spread across Iresqinto, Kutayu and Boji areas at the borders of Mandera and Wajir counties.
Several items dug and hidden into the ground were retrieved, among them AK47 and PKM ammunition, medical equipment, drugs, and several jerricans filled with water.
In Garissa, a joint security team faced off with about five suspected al-Shabaab militants in Adan Santur.
The team was responding to distress calls from locals whose camels were being forcefully confiscated by the terrorists.
Two camels were recovered and returned to their owners, who expressed immense gratitude to the security forces for responding promptly.
The militants, some of them injured, made a narrow escape and crossed the border into Somalia on a bullet-riddled white Toyota Probox vehicle.
This comes amid intensified security following fears the terror group could be planning an attack after a long lull.
The border region bore the brunt of repeated attacks by militants suspected of collaborating with locals. Somalia has not had a stable government after the fall of Siad Barre in 1991.
The terrorists have been planting explosives on the routes used by the security agencies.
Kenyan troops are in Somalia to pursue and suppress the activities of the terror group. But the terrorists keep crossing to Kenya for attacks.
