Lamu Terror Attack: Govt Confirms 2 People Dead, 10 Injured, Several Missing

• Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said the attack happened near the border of Lamu and Tana River counties
• The Interior CS said during the Tuesday, August 1 attack, two people were killed, with 10 others injured
• Police officers and Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) forces are currently searching for an unknown number of people who were missing

Lamu - Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has confirmed the death of two people following a terror attack along the Lamu-Witu-Garsen Highway.

In a statement, Kindiki said the attack left 10 people injured while an unknown number of people are still missing.

60 terrorists involved in the attack

The Interior CS disclosed that one person died while receiving treatment after sustaining life-threatening injuries.

"Two of the victims of this attack had life-threatening injuries as a result of which one succumbed while being evacuated for emergency Intensive Care Unit treatment bringing the deaths to two," Kindiki said.

According to the CS, security personnel from the Nyangoro Forward Operating Base (FOB) responded promptly and engaged terrorists who were approximately 60 in number.

"Security personnel from the Nyangoro forward operating base who were conducting clearance patrols along the highway responded rapidly and an engagement with the approximately 60 terrorists ensued scattering them into the Boni Forest," he added.

Among those who were attacked include Hindi MCA James Njaaga and his wife, who were reportedly taking their daughter to the hospital.

Form 3 student among those killed in terrorist attack

A little over a month ago, suspected al-Shabaab extremists also attacked Salama and Juhudi villages, killing five people brutally.

In the 7pm incident, that occurred on Saturday, June 24, the militants dragged the victims from their houses and tied their hands and legs with ropes behind their backs before executing them. They would then burn five houses.

Among the victims of the attack was Barack Hussein, a Form Three student at Bakanja Secondary School.

Hussein's aunt Pamela Akoth Ogutu said the over 30 assailants were armed with guns, pangas, and knives and donned military regalia.

During the attack, Ogutu said they ordered them to lie down without screaming. After killing the five and burning houses, the attackers made away with some food items, chicken and goats.