10 suspected Al Shabaab militants stormed Fino Hospital in Mandera County and abducted a doctor who was on duty.
According to preliminary reports, the militants who stormed the hospital a few minutes past 1900hrs on Friday, February 18, initially took three medical staff before releasing two of them.
Before releasing the two medics, the armed militants are said to have crossed to the Somalian side.
Confirming the incident, Mandera County Commissioner Onesmus Kyatha stated that they had launched investigations into the matter even as they questioned some of the staff at the hospital.
He added that a team of officers were in pursuit of the militants as they launched efforts to rescue the medic.
Kyatha added that the intention of the militants are yet to be known as Al Shabaab has not claimed responsibility for the incident.
Mandera county has experienced cases of insecurity for the past two months.
On January 31, 13 passengers who were travelling along Arabia - Mandera Road lost their lives after their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The attack by the militants comes barely days after a former driver attached to the Mandera County government was found guilty of aiding the abduction of two Cuban doctors in Mandera County in 2019.
While making her determination, Milimani Law Courts Magistrate Martha Nanzushi, stated that the prosecution had proved to the court that Issack Robow helped the militants in executing the abduction.
“After evaluating the evidence on record, I find the prosecution has proved the charges against the accused person herein and l convict him accordingly under section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),” Nanzushi ruled.
At the time, Rabow was tasked with transporting the two foreign doctors who had been deployed to the county after the government of Kenya entered into an agreement with Cuba over an exchange program.
