Al-Shabab Strikes Again in Kenya

Two Kenyan police officers have been killed in an attack on a security post near the Somali border, with the suspicion falling on the same armed group behind the deadly siege at a Nairobi mall which left over 62 shoppers, including at least 18 foreigners, dead.

The attack took place in the town of Mandera in the early hours of September 25, 2013, Thursday. Charlton Mureithi, the Regional police chief, revealed that in addition to the two police officers killed, three others were injured and 11 vehicles destroyed.

The attack came hours after the Somalia-based al-Shabab group threatened that violence would continue until Kenyan troops were withdrawn from Somalia.

The warning came from the group's leader, Ahmed Godane Shaykh Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, who said there was no way Kenyan society could "withstand a war of attrition inside your own country" in a statement on September 24, Wednesday.

“Make your choice today and withdraw all your forces, otherwise be prepared for an abundance of blood that will be spilt in your country, economic downfall and displacement,” Godane said. 

Westgate crime scene

Meanwhile, forensic experts from around the world, including the US, Britain and Germany, continued their work at Nairobi's Westgate mall, carrying out fingerprint, DNA and ballistic analysis, said police spokesperson Gatiria Mboroki. She said she had no details on what the experts had found so far in the bullet-scarred, scorched mall and that their work was expected to take a week. 
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