olice have launched a manhunt for an Al- Shabaab militant suspected to have been involved in the attack that led to the death of 10 General Service Unit(GSU) officers in Garissa County.
The suspect, Abdullahi Banati, is reported to have led the team that planted the Improvised Explosive Devices(IED) leading to the death of the officers stationed at the Harhar GSU camp on October 12th 2019.
According to the police, Banati planned the attack alongside Al-Shabaab operatives based in the Daadab camp which has been associated with several other terrorist attacks.
Preliminary investigations further revealed that Banati and his team operate along the Kenya-Somali border and have been executing attacks, not just against the public but against the security forces.
“Police have traced the activities of Banati and his team of militants to the border and it is suspected that he escaped to Somalia with the rest of the operatives,” said police in a statement.
After monitoring their activities, Banati and his team are said to have escaped into the Neighboring country of Somalia.
