2025 Garissa attack

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2025 Garrisa attack
Part of the Spillover of the Somali Civil War
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DateMarch 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)
Time10:32 a.m (EAT)
TypeShooting, stabbing, kidnapping
Perpetrator al-Shabaab
Deaths8
Non-fatal injuries9

On 23 March 2025, at least six police officers were killed and five others were injured in an Al-Shabaab attack on a police reservists camp in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. Furthermore two other militants were also killed.[1][2][3]

Background

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Kenyan police officer was killed while another injured in a clash with Somalia's intelligence agency.[4] Weapons belonging to the deceased officer and a police reservist were missing, reportedly in the hands of Somali soldier.[4]

The U.S. Embassy in Kenya issued a travel advisory on March 18, 2025, warning its citizens against visiting certain areas due to threats of crime, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.[5]

A day later, suspected Al-Shabaab militants abducted Mohamed Abdikadir near Modika, Garissa County. His travel companion, Fuad Ali, reported that their car was ambushed, and Abdikadir was taken while Ali was left behind.[5] The advisory listed Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Tana River, and parts of Malindi as high-risk areas, citing past terror attacks on government buildings, schools, places of worship, malls, and hotels.[5]

Attack

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Around 5:30 a.m. (EAT) Al-Shabaab militants attacked a National Police Reservists (NPR) camp in northeastern Kenya, killing six people and injuring five.[6][7] The heavily armed militants overran and ransacked the camp, prompting a security response to pursue them. They shot and stabbed officers and civilians, kidnapped people, stole weapons and commandeered a vehicle carrying mourners trying to escape the attack.[8] Injured victims were treated at the IRC hospital, while the deceased were taken to Hagadera for burial. Two bodies of Al-Shabaab militants and six police officers were recovered while another police officer, four civilians and at least four militants were seriously injured. Other Kenyans were reported missing.[8] The group has established bases and surveillance outposts in Fafi Sub-County.[9] Meanwhile, the state-sponsored Ma'awisley vigilante group continues efforts to combat the Islamic terrorist group in the region.[10]

References

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  10. ^ https://nation-africa.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/nation.africa/kenya/counties/garissa/suspected-al-shabaab-militants-kill-six-police-reservists-in-garissa-4975826
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