Police move to secure Mandera as Somalia clashes leave 10 injured‏

No attacks have taken place in Mandera town following clashes in neighbouring Somalia on Monday, the National Police Service has said.

Corporate Communications Director Charles Owino issued a statement following reports of explosions and heavy gunfire as Jubbaland forces and troops of the Federal Government of Somalia clashed.

FGS troops have been camping at Bula Hawa, a town neighbouring Mandera, for the past month, planning a raid to capture a fugitive Jubbaland minister, who has been hiding in the county.

Mr Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur, alias Abdirashid Janan, escaped on January 28 from a Mogadishu prison, where he had been held since August 31, 2019.

He arrived in Mandera town on January 30 and was booked into a local hotel.