Shoot Al-Shabaab suspects dead - Kenyan official orders

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Shoot Al-Shabaab suspects dead - Kenyan official orders

MANDERA (HORN OBSERVER) - Killed all al-Shabaab fighters and their sympathisers on sight to annihilate terrorists in Mandera county, North Eastern Regional Commissioner Nicodemus Ndalana said.

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MANDERA (HORN OBSERVER) - Killed all al-Shabaab fighters and their sympathisers on sight to annihilate terrorists in Mandera county, North Eastern Regional Commissioner Nicodemus Ndalana said.

Ndalana who held talks with the local leaders vowed to use security agencies to eliminate militants and those suspected to have links with al-Shabaab militant group based in Somalia.

"Those in this area are locals. Someone cannot come from Kismayu, hide here and even know the landscape without the knowledge of the locals. There must be youth showing them around,” Ndalana said. "As government, we are not going to have mercy on anybody including al-Shabaab sympathisers. The remedy to tame al-Shabaab is death by bullet.”

He also acknowledged the good work done by special forces whom he says are working tirelessly to ensure Mandera is secure.

Ndalama also urged politicians to work together with the government to end the perennial attacks in the region.

Mandera has been borne the brunt of grenade and gun attacks in the last several years since Kenya took its troops to Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab group.

Al-Shabaab group has been attacking areas along Kenya-Somalia border while targeting mostly non- locals working in the region.

In 2011, Kenya sent its troops in Somalia to fight al-Shabaab fighters who were accused of carrying out abduction and killings in the coastal region of Kenya.

Currently, Kenya has more than 4,000 soldiers who are working under the framework of African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom).