Three dead, one injured in Al- Shabaab attack in Mandera

Armed al-Shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. [AP, Farah Abdi Warsameh]

At least three people were killed on Saturday, one injured in an al-Shabab attack in Fino’s border town of Mandera.

Confirming the incidents to The Standard Northeastern Regional Police commander Rono Bunei said an elderly woman was killed when suspected al-Shabab militants opened fire on a private vehicle that was heading to Mandera town from Fino.