January 27: Nine Kenyan soldiers killed in an intense battle after Al Shabaab militants strike their Kolbiyow camp in Somalia
February 2: Gunmen believed to be Al Shabaab terrorists attack a police post and destroy communication masts in Arabia, Mandera County
March 2: Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers kill 57 gunmen said to be Al Shabaab militants in a clash in Afmadow, Somalia
March 27: Two Kenyans, Ahmed Yusuf Hassan and Ahmed Nur Abdi Osoble, executed by Al Shabaab's firing squad in Buq Aqable in Hiraan as hundreds of local residents watch. The two were accused of collaborating with the Somali government and allied force operatives
May 15: Gunmen believed to be Al Shabaab militants attack a village near Mandera town and kill a chief before abducting two Kenya Police Reservists
May 16: Four people killed when a vehicle they are travelling in runs over an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Al Shabaab in Liboi, Garissa County
May 24: Five police officers killed when a vehicle they are travelling in is hit by an IED in Simo, Arabia, Mandera County. The officers were part of Governor Ali Roba's security team and were escorting him to a campaign rally in Lafey
May 24: Three police officers killed and two others injured when their vehicle runs over an IED in Kulan, Liboi, Garissa County
May 25: Two police officers killed and four others injured when an IED tears through their vehicle along the Malelei-Kulan road in Liboi, Garissa County
May 31: Four AP officers killed, several injured when their armoured personnel carrier hits an IED in Baure, Lamu County
Al Shabaab militants attack and destroy a Safaricom mast in Fafi, Garissa County
June 10: Two Kenyans executed in public by Al Shabaab terrorists in Bula Fulay village along the Bay region of Somalia for allegedly working for anti-terrorism spies from Kenya
June 16: Four people killed, 11 injured in Mandera County when a passenger service vehicle they are in runs over an IED in Sheikh Barrow on the Lafey-Elwak road, Mandera County
June 23: Five people killed by Al Shabaab in Elwak, Mandera
July 5: Suspected Al Shabaab gunmen raid Pandanguo in Lamu County
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July 7: Nine people beheaded in Lamu by suspected Al Shabaab militia
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