location: Mandera
notes: A security operation is underway in Mandera town [northeastern Kenya] after a chief said to be instrumental in the war against terror was gunned down by people believed to be al-Shabab militia. The heavily armed al-Shabab militants are said to have raided the home of the chief in Omar Jillo location, Lafey sub-county in Mandera East before killing him on the spot. The military and the police have teamed up in an operation to comb Mandera in search of the assailants
target_text: location: Mandera, fatalities: 1