BY Damilola Odunlami
After an attack in Garissa University College, Kenya, that left 147 students dead in April, Somali-based militant group, al Shabab, has again attacked a village in the northeastern part of Kenya.
An interior ministry statement said the militants entered Yumbis village, 70 km (45 miles) north of Garissa town, but were driven back.
“Security forces on Thursday evening thwarted an attempted attack at Yumbis village,” the statement read in part. “Security forces swiftly mobilized and engaged the militants in a gun battle. No casualties were reported.”
According to Reuters, the militants paraded the village for about an hour in two trucks bearing Kenyan registration plates.
The al Shabab militants went further to hoist the sect’s black flag on a mosque where they held prayers, before moving out of the village to Damajale, another village close to Yumbis.
Police forces and the army drove the terrorist group out of the village three hours after the invasion.
The country’s tourism industry and foreign exchange earners also endured the bad situation, as tourist cancelled their bookings.
On April 2, 2015, al-Shabab attacked Garissa University in Kenya, killing at least 147 students in a series of bloody gun death.
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