The Star
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Panic has once again gripped Garissa town and its its environs
following the weekends attack in which three people were shot dead by
suspected members of al shabaab.
Members of the terror group over the
weekend claimed responsibility for the attack. The incident occured on
Friday evening as the victims were taking tea oustide a Jubba hotel on
Posta Road in Garissa town.A witness, Hamad Sheikh Mohamed, said
two masked men armed with pistol approached them and shot at them
killing two on the spot. Two people with bullet wounds were rushed to
Garissa Provincial Hospital. One of them died yesterday as preparations
to move him to Nairobi were being made. “This people come staright to
where we were having tea after the evening prayers. They then shot dead
the two and before they could kill more, we started scampering for
safety,” added the witness.It is said the al Shabaab leader in Afmathow
held a public rally claiming they were successful in the Garissa attack
aimed at wiping out the supporters of the enemies of Islam.The al
Shabaab militias said they were targetting two among the victims who
fled from somalia to sabotage their success in the Kenyan war.
Leaders
from Garissa condemned the attack and urged the police to immediately
launch investigations into the incident. “For how long will we loose
more innocent lives,this are not the first one to be killed and they
certenly wont be the last ones,we want to see arrests made and this
firearsm that are in the wrong hands and being used to cause harm to our
people taken,”said the Garissa peace committee secretary Hassan Osman.
The
three slained were identified as two business men and two religious
leaders who hail from an extended clan in the lower jubba of Somalia. ''
nobody is safe in this town if two youthful attackers can walk into the
middle of the town armed with pistol ,kill and walk away '' said the
peace elder. He asked the police to heighten patrols in the town
especilly hotels and social places where large people meet at night. Dr
Al shabibi Amal the deputy medical superintendent said the conditions of
the remined patient was in critical condition and medics were trying
all their best to ensure he was out of danger.