Al-Shabaab militants attempted to attack a police camp in Lamu Monday night hours after president Kenyatta had ordered their killing.
The about 30 militants were seen loitering near Mukowe General Service Unit camp Monday night with plans to attack them.
But they retreated into Boni Forest after they realized the GSU personnel there had been alerted and were waiting for a fight.
Police operating in the area said they were on alert and there are fears of more attacks in the area from the gang.
“They were sighted near the camp with an intention to attack but retreated to the forest. There was no casualty,” said an official in the area.
Up to 18 people have been killed in the area for the last two weeks.
The latest happened on Thursday when the militants killed a bodyguard to Public Works PS Mariam El Maawy, her nephew, driver and two other people in Milihoi area.
The militants had killed 13 people in Jima and Pandaguo areas a week earlier.
On Monday, the president ordered the terrorists be killed and buried.
“We shall finish them. When we get them, we will not jail but bury them” he said of the terrorists who have turned Boni Forest into a playground, attacking and killing locals before retreating there.
Speaking in Mpeketoni, the president told those living in areas prone to the attacks to vacate and give way for ongoing operation there.
He also asked locals in Lamu County t