Dadaab (Sunatimes) Kenyan police in Dadaab refugee
complex, the world’s largest refugee camp, last night arrested two Somali men
in connection with yesterday’s blast that killed a policeman and injured two
others in Hagardera camp.
The explosion hit Police vehicle in Hagardera refugee
camp of Dadaab, killing the policeman and injuring two others and destroyed the
vehicle. The blast was said to be a roadside bomb.
Dadaab refugee camp is home to more than 450,000
people, mainly Somalis who fled famine and conflict in their country.
A Kenyan official was quoted as saying that he suspects
Somali militants of carrying out the explosion.
Acting Dadaab District Commissioner Bernard Ole Kipury
said he suspects Al-Shabaab was behind the blast, BBC reports.
He accused the militants of disguising themselves as
refugees to enter the camp.
He added that the authorities have intensified patrols
in the camp and would soon be conducting operations to flush out the militants.
Somali refugees in Dadaab expressed concern over
attacks on Kenyan territory, fearing that the attacks may worsen their situation
since aid agencies have already suspended their activities in these camps.
The explosion is latest in a spate of grenade and
landmine attacks in Kenya’s border regions with Somalia since its troops
crossed into the neighbouring Somalia.
The explosion comes just a week after four people were
injured in two separate grenade attacks on two restaurants in northern Kenyan
town of Garissa.
Earlier this month, a Kenyan policeman was also killed
and three people wounded in a similar explosion in Ifo II section of Dadaab
refugee camp.
Kenyan troops moved into Somalia in October to fight
Al-Shabaab militants who have promised revenge attacks.
Kenyan officials blame Al-Shabaab rebel group or their
sympathisers for a series of recent shootings and bombings, although armed
bandits also operate in the border areas.
Regional armies are now pushing against Shabaab
positions in Somalia, with Kenyan forces in the South, Ugandan and Burundian
African Union forces in Mogadishu, and Ethiopian troops in the West.
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Kenyan police arrest two Somalis in Dadaab Kenya
The explosion hit Police vehicle in Hagardera refugee camp of Dadaab, killing the policeman and injuring two others and destroyed the vehicle.