- Area Member of Parliament Salah Yakub commended the police for their brave action to stop the planned attacks.
- He asked authorities to enhance operations in the region to address the terror-related attacks.
Police repulsed two separate attacks on their bases in Fafi, Garissa.
Suspected al Shabaab militants staged attacks on the Alinjugur administration police camp, Borehole Five administration police camp and Jembele simultaneously before being repulsed.
The incidents happened at about 2 am on Saturday, police said.
No injuries were reported on the side of security officers.
Area Member of Parliament Salah Yakub commended the police for their brave action to stop the planned attacks.
He asked authorities to enhance operations in the region to address the terror-related attacks.
“With most roads being impassable in the area due to rains we urge for more air patrols and delivery of goods to all including security agencies,” he said.
The attack comes days after a similar one at Alinjugur police post left one officer injured.
The attack happened on Tuesday, November 28.
The officer who sustained a gunshot wound on his leg was part of a team of officers that had responded by firing back at the militants following the raid at their camp.
Police say the militants fired one rocket-propelled grenade towards the station followed by several gunshots in the Tuesday morning incident.
“The officers engaged and managed to repulse the militants and in the process, one police officer sustained a gunshot on the right leg at the ankle,” police said.
Garissa is one of the areas prone to attacks by the militants that cross over to Kenya from Somalia to commit terror attacks.
Last month, four police officers were killed after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device on the Dadaab-Fafi road while on routine security patrol.
IEDs have become the most preferred weapons by the militants in the country due to their portability, easy assembling and devastating impact.