Al Shabaab storm Kenyan mosque, do the unexpected for 5 hours

juma chrispinus

May 25, 2018 2:54 PM

The County commissioner has not commented on the matter.

A group of Suspected Al-Shabaab militants invaded a mosque on the Kenya-Somalia border and preached to the residents for about five hours, the

Police reports from Mandera revealed that an unknown number of heavily armed militants arrived at Komor Haile mosque on Thursday at about 10pm and left at around 2am on Friday.

A local resident who spoke to the press on condition of anonymity said the militants went to the chief’s home but did not find him.

“They arrived when a sheikh was delivering a sermon, snatched the microphone and ordered him to sit and listen. We were shocked,” said the local.

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The report at the police station said militants forced worshippers to listen for hours to their tirade against the Kenya government, local civil servants and security officials.

“It is Ramadhan and we go to the mosques at night for prayers and teachings,” said the local.

It is not clear if the militants arrived on foot or used vehicles.

“If they had vehicles then they were left far and used them to carry what they looted in local shops,” said the local.

Komor Haile is located between Koromey and Arabia in Mandera East Sub County.

Attempts to get a comment from Mandera County Commissioner Kutswa Olaka by Pulselive.co.keproofed futile as his phone remained off a better part of Friday afternoon.

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