By: Abdikadir Okash
AT LEAST THREE people were yesterday evening shot dead by unknown gunmen in Wajir. The incident happened at 8 PM new Samad Hospital. The gunmen went to the house of a chief, Chief Yahya and shot a woman at his homestead at the time of the incident. The woman, who is said to have been his in-law, was shot after she lerted him. They also shot dead two men whose identity has not been established yet.
Wajir West member of the National Assembly said the incident came at a time when the town was under dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in April after the Garissa University attack, saying the curfew was not serving its pupose.
The target chief is said to have scaled the wall at his home after he was alerted by the woman who was shot dead.
“Am told they knocked the door and asked for the chief. He jumped after (he was) alerted. They killed her,” the MP tweeted.
More information on the incident will be available shortly.
