Suspected Al Shabaab militants on Wednesday morning stormed a police station in Dadajabula area, in Wajir County.
The gunmen are said to have set a police station on fire.
Reports reaching our desk indicate that their is currently a “heavy barrage of artillery are currently being exchanged.”
Kenyamails.com has established that the area is now under the protection of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers.
In a series of intelligent reports from the region in the last three months, police officers have been on high alert following revelation that many suspected Al-Shabaab fighters had crosses into the Kenyan border from the neighbouring Somalia.
For instance, on Tuesday afternoon- police were alerted that Al-Shabaab militants lead by Sheikh Hussein aka Jahadir, Marehan and Reer Ali Hussein had crossed into the Kenyan border.
In 2010, a similar operation was conducted and suspected militants who arrived in the village driving in two pickups shot and injured five people.
