Eight Reportedly Killed in Ambush on Road Workers in Kenya’s Mandera

Eight people were reportedly killed when gunmen ambushed a security vehicle accompanying road-construction personnel in northeastern Kenya on Tuesday morning, November 10. Preliminary police accounts put the attack at Koromey, near Hagarsu along Arabia Road in Mandera County. The vehicle was accompanying workers on the Mandera–Arabia–Lafey road project. The preliminary accounts identified five engineers, two police reservists and the vehicle’s driver among those killed. Seven people died at the scene. The driver suffered critical gunshot injuries and died while being taken to Mandera County Teaching and Referral Hospital. Additional security personnel were sent to the area to pursue the attackers and investigate the ambush. Responsibility for the attack has not been established. The attack follows separate incidents reported in Garissa County on November 7. Police said suspected militants fired on Hulugho Police Station and the Gesreb Special Operations Group camp at about 1:20 a.m. Security forces repelled those attacks, according to the initial police incident report, which recorded no casualties or property damage.