Police officers on patrol on Tuesday, February 7, ambushed a group of Al-Shabaab militants who were emplacing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on a Highway.
In the attack, Kenya Police officers instantly killed one militant before he could blow up the Improvised Explosive Devices along the Sedahgose-Amuma road in Fafi, Garissa County.
On noticing the counter-terrorism offensive by the police officers, two of the deceased's accomplices took off on foot, but one was so unfortunate.
The police officers gave a chase and arrested one of the miscreants before he could escape into the nearby thicket along the Sedahgose-Amuma road.
However, the third accomplice managed to escape under a heavy barrage of firepower that was mounted up by the Counter Terrorism Police.
The police officers recovered one AK47 and assorted materials that the militants were using during their targeted operation in Garissa County.
The Counter Terrorism Police officers also recovered a technically assembled Improvised Explosive Device that was already on the ground at the time of the ambush.
"An improvised explosive device is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action.
"It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs or homemade bombs," the US National Academies and the Department of Homeland Security explained.
Judging by its sheer size, the IED that was being planted along Sedahgose-Amuma road had the ability to kill many people in a motor vehicle.
Sedahgose-Amuma road is a common transport corridor that connects the two major towns in Garissa County.
The road is mainly used by local residents, Kenya Police Officers, and long-distance buses that often transport passengers from Garissa county to other parts of the country.
The distance from Garissa town to Birsa Munda, Sidhgora, where the terrorists were planting the Improvised Explosive Device is around 5,659 kilometres.
