Police Officer Confirmed Dead, Several Others in Critical Condition After A Grenade Attack.
Police Officer Confirmed Dead, Several Others in Critical Condition After A Grenade Attack: An officer has died as two others are left with serious injuries after an unknown number of heavily armed assailants attacked security officers at a roadblock (barrier point), within the Sessi area in the border town of Moyale in Marsabit County.
A coman was also critically wounded by the suspected criminals, who were using grenades and assault rifles.
Confirming the incident was Marsabit county police commander, Leonard Kimaiyo, who stated the attack took place around 6pm.
He detailed that two undetonated grenades were recovered at the scene and were later detonated by officers from the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF).
He appealed to residents of Moyale town to be calm, as the situation was under control and urged the residents to cooperate with security agencies by volunteering useful information that could help capture the culprits.