Update Friday, March 13., 2020: Six suspected Al-Shabaab militants were gunned down at Jirole area in Lower Garissa Area.
North Eastern Regional Commissioner Nick Dalana confirmed that one was captured alive. According to a report by Daily Nation, the terrorists were killed by Kenya Army (KDF) Special Ops team (SOT) at Jirole in Ijara Sub-County.
Moyale Town is under a cloud of tension after five Kenyans were shot dead by gunmen on Thursday, March 12.
Daily Nation was first to report that locals in Moyale's Sessi area alleged that the gunmen were Ethiopian soldiers. The residents stated that the five had been killed on claims of harbouring rebels.
The attackers are said to have broken into several houses in the night and opened fire at the men, who they accused of harbouring Ethiopian rebels.
Gunfire was also witnessed on the morning of Friday, March 13 along the Kenya-Ethiopian border.
The publication reported that the relevant security agencies and local authorities had convened a crisis meeting following the attack.
The incident happens at the backdrop of recent cases of territorial border breaches on Kenya's north.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday, March 12 held talks with Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi.
The two leaders discussed a wide range of bilateral and multilateral subjects, among them the peaceful co-existence among communities living along the Kenya-Ethiopia border.
The two heads of state also discussed challenges facing the Nile River basin and emphasized the need for pursuing African solutions to African problems.
President Kenyatta had on Tuesday, March 10, sent Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to Ethiopia to further talks on cross border relations between Kenya and Somalia, following a breach of our border at Mandera by Jubbaland soldiers.
Matiang'i led a team of five to the country to engage Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in discussing collaborative approaches to bring an end to the dispute that has strained diplomatic ties between the two neighbours.
"Interior CS, Fred Matiangi, led a team of high-ranking government officials sent by President Uhuru Kenyatta to hold talks with Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed Ali with a view to identifying more collaborative approaches to advance Kenya's mutual cross-border relations with Somalia," the ministry stated in a statement.
