An aspiring Member of Parliament was on Tuesday attacked by gunmen during at Jabi along Rahmu- Bambo West road in Mandera.
1 killed as politician’s vehicle is sprayed with bullets [Photos]
Brutal attack
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Abdi Ali, who is seeking to get the Mandera North Parliamentary seat on a Narc-Kenya ticket, escaped death by a whisker when the thugs opened fired at his convoy.
A woman was killed during the ambush while another person was left injured.
Speaking after the mid-morning incident Abdi claimed that it was a political assassination.
He also sent condolences to the deceased families.
"We are asking the security team to investigate and get to the bottom of this. This was an attempt at a political assassination," the aspiring politician mentioned.
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