One person killed in Garissa town blast

Tuesday May 20, 2014

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GARISSA, KENYA: One man was killed and his colleague injured as they attempted to plant a powerful explosive at a mosque in Garissa town on Tuesday night.

Confirming the incident, the North-Eastern CID boss Musa Yego said the deceased, a middle aged man, was killed after timed explosive exploded on him.

“The criminals, who we suspect to be sympathisers or members of the the Al-Qaeda inspired Somali Islamist group, Al-Shabaab were seemingly targeting a mosque in Garissa Ndogo village,” he said.

He added “We are lucky that the device exploded before the assailants reached the mosque otherwise we could have talked of a lot of deaths or casualties”.

The regional detective boss said the police on patrol who responded swiftly to the sound of the blast managed to apprehend accomplice who was seriously wounded in the mission that went wrong.

On Monday about five security officers among two regular police officers and three Kenya Police reservists and two civilians were killed in a gun ambush by suspected Al-Shabaab militia in Mandera County bordering the war-ravaged Somalia.

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