At least one person was killed in an ambush terrorist attack when suspected Al shabaab militants ambushed two Mandera bound buses spraying them with bullets indiscriminately earlier today.
The insurgents staged the attack between Olla and Sarman targeting the passenger bus during the morning incident.
There were no police escorts at the time of the incident.
Witnesses said the number of casualty could have been high if the drivers of the two buses could not have managed to sped off.
“We have many casualties but so far 11 have been brought to a local hospital after the incident. They have multiple injuries,” said a senior police officer aware of the incident.
Last month, the gang also tried to attack a communication mast in Afaat, Wajir County, but three of them were killed. It emerged one of them had worked in the area as a mechanic for a while before he vanished to Somalia to join the militants.
Police have been mounting operations in the area to deter their plans.
The terrorists have been targeting security installations in the area in a series of incidents destroying them.
This has affected, among others, the education sector, forcing tens of teachers who are non-locals to flee.
The border region has borne the brunt of repeated attacks from the militants who are at times aided by locals.
The area is near the Somalia border and the militants usually cross at will and stage attacks before escaping back.
Al Shabaab insurgents have been attacking places in the region especially in Mandera and Garissa after breaching security zones, which left dozens of civilians and security officials dead or wounded.
They have been planting explosives on the routes used by the security agencies and attacking them.