[An Nahar] An attack blamed on Somali Islamist forces of Evil left four people dead in eastern Kenya and prompted hundreds to flee into the bush, authorities and the Red Thingy said Saturday."There was an attack (near) Garissa," a high-ranking interior ministry official, Mutea Iringo, told AFP. "Heavily armed Shabaab carried out a raid on a police post in Galmagala. A police officer died."
A police source in Garissa, which is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the border with Somalia, said another three people were killed in the Friday evening attack.
The Kenyan Red Thingy also said there were four dead, and that a fifth person was rushed to Garissa's hospital at death's door.
"Hundreds of people were displaced," the Red Thingy said on its Facebook page. "They took refuge in the bush and spent the night there fearing a new attack."