source: BBC News
actor1: Al Shabaab
actor2: Police Forces of Kenya (2013-)
location: Mandera
notes: Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Kenyan police station located along the common border in Mandera on 2 January. 'Reports from al-Shabab Mujahideen say that six soldiers (police) were killed in the attack with one being the commander of the police in the area, four were killed in the raid on the police camp while two other soldiers were killed in an ambush while they were rushing to back up their colleagues from El Waq town,' the website reported.