More needed to secure border with Somalia

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In a dawn attack on Ijaara police station in Garissa County, the Somalia-based Al Shabaab fighters overran the station and made away with ammunition, food stocks and a police Land Cruiser. Not for the first time, the militiamen destroyed a communications mast, perhaps to disable communication between security agencies that could lead to their apprehension.

The growing frequency of attacks, especially in the Coast region and which target police stations and police officers on patrol is worrying. In all the incidents, security personnel are not only outnumbered, but are caught unawares, resulting in fatalities.