{{Six bodies have been recovered following Saturday attack by militiamen near the Kenya- Somalia border.}}<\/p>\n
Among the bodies recovered includes two of Adminstration Police officers, a teacher, Red Cross official, and a 15 year old boy. <\/p>\n
The bodies of the two officers were discovered in a bush hours after the attackers beleived to be Al-Shabaab militia struck on Abdisugow and Damajale police posts on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
They had been slaughtered and their bodies abandoned in the bush but their guns are yet to be traced.<\/p>\n
Three other people including local chief and a worker with the Kenya Red Cross were shot and seriously wounded in the attack and are admitted in Kulan Health Centre, police said.<\/p>\n
Inspector General David Kimaiyo said two of his deputies have left Nairobi for the crime scene to asses the situation and advice for the next step.<\/p>\n
“We have confirmed the attackers are Al-Shabaab, two of my deputies Grace Kaindi and Samel Arachi have left Nairobi to asses the situation,” Kimaiyo said.<\/p>\n
North Eastern police boss Charlton Murithi said more security personnel had been sent to the area to help trace the missing officers and weapons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were gunmen who attacked two police posts in the area and we have casualties. We are tracing other officers who are missing,\u201d said Murithi.<\/p>\n
Other officials said police were warned of the attack in advance following intelligence that indicated militiamen from Somalia planned to strike.<\/p>\n
The attackers are said to have driven back in a file with valuables that they looted from the stations after they ran over them, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
Informed officials said the militiamen were out on a revenge mission over the on-going Kenyan military operation inside Somalia.<\/p>\n
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