The Commissioner of Mundri West County says that a cattle camp in the county was attacked.
He said that five people including a soldier were killed and four others injured. The attack took place seven miles from Mundri town.
Speaking to Radio Miraya, Commissioner Hassan Bakhita said the attack sparked off heavy gunfire as the police tried to pursue the attackers. He says some people fled the cattle camp and pitched camp at the police post.
“A group of cattle keepers were attacked by unknown people in the cattle camp, the shooting started at around 5 pm up to 7 pm then we mobilized the forces.”
“What happened was that five people were killed, one is a soldier and four are civilians from the same camp, it was about seven miles just the place between Kotobi and Bari,” he said.