2025 Garissa attack

On 23 March 2025, at least six police officers were killed and five others were injured in an Al-Shabaab attack on a police reservists camp in Fafi, Garissa, Kenya. Furthermore two other militants were also killed.^[1][2][3]

2025 Garrisa attack

Part of the Spillover of the Somali Civil War
Date	March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)
Time	10:32 a.m (EAT)
Type	Shooting, stabbing, kidnapping
Perpetrator	al-Shabaab
Deaths	8
Non-fatal injuries	9

Background

Kenyan police officer was killed while another injured in a clash with Somalia's intelligence agency.^[4] Weapons belonging to the deceased officer and a police reservist were missing, reportedly in the hands of Somali soldier.^[4]

The U.S. Embassy in Kenya issued a travel advisory on March 18, 2025, warning its citizens against visiting certain areas due to threats of crime, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping.^[5]

A day later, suspected Al-Shabaab militants abducted Mohamed Abdikadir near Modika, Garissa County. His travel companion, Fuad Ali, reported that their car was ambushed, and Abdikadir was taken while Ali was left behind.^[5] The advisory listed Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Tana River, and parts of Malindi as high-risk areas, citing past terror attacks on government buildings, schools, places of worship, malls, and hotels.^[5]

Attack

Around 5:30 a.m. (EAT) Al-Shabaab militants attacked a National Police Reservists (NPR) camp in northeastern Kenya, killing six people and injuring five.^[6][7] The heavily armed militants overran and ransacked the camp, prompting a security response to pursue them. They shot and stabbed officers and civilians, kidnapped people, stole weapons and commandeered a vehicle carrying mourners trying to escape the attack.^[8] Injured victims were treated at the IRC hospital, while the deceased were taken to Hagadera for burial. Two bodies of Al-Shabaab militants and six police officers were recovered while another police officer, four civilians and at least four militants were seriously injured. Other Kenyans were reported missing.^[8] The group has established bases and surveillance outposts in Fafi Sub-County.^[9] Meanwhile, the state-sponsored Ma'awisley vigilante group continues efforts to combat the Islamic terrorist group in the region.^[10]