By Cyrus Ombati
Garissa; Kenya: Residents of Garissa on Friday poured into the streets to demonstrate against increased insecurity in the region.
They called on the government to intensify security following a series of attacks that have occurred in the area linked to the Al shabaab terror group.
The attacks have also been targeting security personnel.
On Wednesday, five people were shot dead and four others seriously wounded when gunmen attacked a hotel in Garissa Town.
Among the dead was a woman and a local deputy officer in-charge of prisons department who was in the hotel at the time of the incident.
Police believe the attack was the work of sympathisers of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants operating in the town.
Last Friday, two people were shot and killed by gunmen in Bagale area along the Nairobi-Garissa highway.
The victims were in a bus that was headed for Mandera when gunmen who were in a Probox car opened fire at them killing two and injuring three others, police said.
Police in the larger North Eastern region are on high alert following reports that contingents of militants from Somalia have sneaked into the country with a mission to kill and maim.
Kenya has experienced a series of gun attacks and explosions after its troops rolled into Somalia last year to hunt down Al-Shabaab militants who had been blamed for several insecurity incidents.
It is believed the attacks are being committed by remnants of the terror group.
