Nairobi-(Puntland post)-The Government is planning to carry out a security operation to flush out Somali-based insurgents, who are reportedly regrouping along the Kenya-Somali border.
According to the Government, the Al Shabaab splinter group allied to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is planning to carry out major terror attacks in the country.
The militants have carried out at least three attacks on vehicles plying the Mandera–Nairobi road during the festive season, killing at least eight people including four police officers.
Mandera County commissioner Fredrick Shisia regretted that the militants have renewed terror attacks in the border county, having been contained for the last six months following a major shake-up of top security officials in the north-eastern region.
Shisia said the Al Shabaab hotspots earmarked for the operation are Fino, Omar Jillo, Arabia, Lafey and Dabacity.