Al Shabaab Attacks Increased By 26% in 2022 - Report CapitalFMKenya: Kenya
According to the study by the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, the number of terror-related attacks in this period stood at 77 percent, up from 51 percent the previous year.
Lamu County recorded the second-highest number of occurrences at 21, followed by 19 in Garissa and 9 in Wajir counties. The attacks in 2022 resulted in one hundred and sixteen fatalities. This is a 16 per cent increase compared to the one hundred recorded in 2021. "While security officials and counter-terror bodies in the country are to be commended for the increased measures put in place to counter violent extremism in Kenya, the Observatory data shows that Al Shabaab continues to pose a threat as the frequency of terror-related attacks has increased over the year, largely targeting security officials primarily on transit or on patrol by the use of various explosive devices," observed Rahma Ramadhan, CHRIPS Researcher.
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