A Wednesday early morning attack at Arabia Boys Secondary School in Mandera left two teachers dead, police have confirmed. Police say the suspected Alshabab terrorists threw an explosive device at a teacher’s house that had two teachers causing a fire in which they perished. The school is located in Lafey Sub-county at the Kenya-Somalia border, an area marked as a terror zone.
#UPDATE: Two teachers killed after suspected Al-Shabaab militants threw an explosive device at a house in Arabia Boys Secondary School in Mandera; police launch hunt for attackers. pic.twitter.com/qSrN0ODp3H
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) October 10, 2018
During the attack, the school staff room was burnt down, area MCA Abdiaziz Dakat told Daily Nation on Wednesday morning. Police in a statement on Twitter stated that there were police reservists guarding the school at the time of the attack. The reservists reportedly engaged the attackers who then fled as more reinforcements were being mobilized to contain the attack.
“All other teachers and students are safe and no other part of the school was affected. The hunt for the attackers is ongoing,” the statement from the police reads in part.
Two non local teachers killed after suspected Al Shabaab militants attack & torch Arabia Boys High School in Mandera East.
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) October 10, 2018
The school has four non-local teachers. In September, suspected Al Shabaab militants killed two people in an on a bus heading to Hulugho, Garissa county. Reports indicated that the criminals managed to escape before the arrival of military officers.
Sources stated that the criminals commanded the driver of the Kilas bus to stop before demanding that the passengers produce their Identification Cards (IDs).
