Al Shabaab Kill Police Reservist Heading Unit In Charge Of Governor's Office
Around 30 heavily armed militants stormed the village at approximately 5:00 AM, engaging NPR officers in a fierce gunfight.
Viral Tea Ke Writer 
A senior National Police Reservist (NPR) officer was shot dead in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Iresuki village, Mandera County, on Monday morning, March 24, raising alarm regarding the rise in attacks linked to the nefarious terror group in the country.
According to an incident report filed at Elwak Police Station, around 30 heavily armed militants stormed the village at approximately 5:00 AM, engaging NPR officers in a fierce gunfight.
The attackers, armed with AK-47 rifles and PKM machine guns, targeted the NPR post, fatally shooting Officer Abdikher Ibrahim, who was the head of the national police reservist in charge of the governor’s office.
Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif. /UZALENDO NEWS
Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif condemned the killing, calling it an avoidable tragedy that could have been prevented if security agencies had acted on intelligence provided as early as last week.
“Information was relayed to all security agents as late as yesterday when the officers said they would be attacked by al-Shabaab, and they had no capacity to fight them, nothing was done,” Adan stated.
Following the attack, a multi-agency security team has been deployed to the area to track down the assailants. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) in Elwak have launched investigations into the incident.
This latest assault comes just a day after another deadly ambush in Garissa County, where six police reservists were killed when suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a police reserve camp in the Fafi sub-county using Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs).
Authorities have since heightened security operations in the region as the threat of militant attacks continues to escalate. The murders of the NPR officers mark the latest in a string of militant attacks in the county.
Earlier this year, five chiefs were abducted by Al-Shabaab, and despite President William Ruto’s assurance of efforts to secure their release, they remain missing. Before that, three young men were also kidnapped but were later released.
“Our security personnel have turned into ambulances for collecting dead bodies after incidences, instead of being proactive and deterring incidents they have turned into ambulances for picking up bodies and the injured,” added the governor.
The recent attacks in Garissa and Mandera follow a similar incident in Lamu’s Boni Forest just weeks ago. A police report revealed that on March 15, approximately 150 Al-Shabaab militants raided Mangai village as residents prepared for evening prayers.
The assailants were divided into two groups—one stationed near a security camp while the other entered the village, addressed locals, and distributed dates before vanishing into the night.
Meanwhile, security forces in Garissa have intensified efforts to track down the militants responsible for the killing of six people, with Citizen TV reporting that the attackers hijacked a civilian vehicle, which they used to flee the scene.
