A multi-agent team raided an al-Shabaab makeshift camp in Digdiga area of Fafi in Garissa County and killed two suspected terrorists.
Several recoveries were made during the operation, including three AK47 rifles and ammunition, grenades, radios, indoctrination literature, AAA batteries, animal traps and canisters.
Each of the guns also had an extra magazine. A total of 120 bullets were found during the operation.
Police said the raid was organized on Wednesday morning following complaints from local residents of frequent harassment by militants who were planning an attack targeting security officers across the Podkraj.
According to the police, the team tracked the militants deep inside the Digdiga forest.
They were ambushed while they were preparing venison and two were shot dead while others fled with serious injuries, police said.
Several recoveries were made during the operation, including AK47 rifles and ammunition, grenades, radios, indoctrination literature, AAA batteries, animal traps and canisters.
This is the latest such operation in the area due to fears that the terrorist group is planning to attack in the region.
On Monday, August 5, multi-agency teams conducted several raids targeting al-Shabaab positions in Mandera, Wajir and Garissa districts.
An intelligence operation was conducted on the borders of Mandera and Wajir counties on suspected al Shabaab hideouts spread across Iresqinto, Kutayu and Boji areas.
Several items dug up and hidden in the ground were recovered, among them AK47 and PKM ammunition, medical equipment, medicines and several canisters filled with water.
In Garissa District, the Joint Security Team engaged about five suspected al-Shabaab militants in Adan Santur.
The team responded to emergency calls from local residents whose camels were forcibly seized by terrorists.
The two camels were recovered and returned to their owners, who expressed immense gratitude to the security forces for their quick response.
The gunmen, some of whom were wounded, narrowly escaped and crossed the border into Somalia in a bullet-riddled white Toyota Probox.
This comes at a time of heightened security amid fears the terror group could be planning an attack after a long lull.
The border area has borne the brunt of repeated attacks by militants, who are sometimes aided by locals.
Somalia has not had a stable government since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991.
Terrorists plant explosives on roads used by security agencies.
Kenyan troops are in Somalia to pursue and suppress the activities of the terrorist group. But terrorists still cross into Kenya to carry out attacks.
