Chief abducted in Mandera
A chief in Mandera County was yesterday killed by Al-Shabaab terrorists, hours after they pulled him out of a bus and took him to Somalia.
The chief and other passengers were travelling from Elwak to Mandera Town when heavily armed gunmen stopped the bus at 7am.
They ordered everybody out of the bus and checked identification documents.
The gunmen also robbed the passengers of money, mobile phones and other valuables. After they were done, they took the chief hostage and allowed everybody else to continue with the journey.
Moments later, the gunmen intercepted a pick-up truck used to transport miraa and commandeered it to flee into Somalia with the chief.
A group of elders followed the gunmen and when they caught up with them inside Somalia, the terrorists demanded a Sh4 million ransom.
However, the terrorists shot the chief a few minutes after 6 pm while negotiations on the ransom were still going on.
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