At least 30 students were injured after a bus they were travelling in was hit by a blast at Hagadera Refugee Camp, Garissa County.
The bus belonging to Alinjugur Secondary School in Garissa ran over an Improvised Explosive Device a few kilometres from Hagadera Refugee Camp.
The incident happened at around 10 am on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
Security agencies visited the scene and declared that investigations were ongoing.
Police said some students sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital.
Images of the scene showed the bus’s windows shattered.
The bus was later moved to a local police station for investigations.
The incident shows that there are some elements from al-Shabaab still operating in the area amid police operations.
The operations have managed to contain a number of planned terror attacks in the area.
Some areas in Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, and Lamu Counties have been experiencing a number of terror-related attacks, leaving these areas badly affected in terms of development.
The government has responded by deploying dozens of security agencies to contain the trend.
The government says they have acquired more resources to enhance operations in the border area against the terrorists.
The attacks have left many dead and displaced, hence affecting development.
The area is near the Kenya-Somalia border, where the terrorists cross at will for attacks before retreating to their areas of control.
Kenya has been staging operations to tame their activities.
Many believe some of these incidents occur with the help of locals and some insiders. Somalia has not had an effective central government since the 1991 overthrow of President Siad Barre’s military regime, which ushered in more than two decades of anarchy and conflict in a country deeply divided along clan lines.
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Kenya launched Operation Linda Nchi on October 14, 2011, after gunmen seized tourists at the Coast, which the Government saw as a threat to the country’s sovereignty, as it targeted the nation’s economic lifeline, which is tourism.
By Joseph Mambili
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