Tension is running high in Kutulo town, Wajir, after a man was shot dead inside Kutulo AP Camp in the ongoing military operation against suspected Al-Shabaab members.
Witnesses told the Informer that 50-year-old Hassan Abdi Muhumed was felled after he was arrested together with dozens of other men in Kutulo town on Thursday morning.
The Informer could not immediately establish the reasons behind the shooting but sources indicated that fire was opened after some of the men protested their arrest and detention.
The operation comes days after Al-Shabaab killed eight police officers in an IED attack on Sunday.