Garissa County (The Bloom Gist) - Reports reaching said there's been a fireced gun battle between Kenyan and militant Islamists in north-eastern Garissa County, leaving one officer wounded.
Reports said the al-Shabab militants had ambushed the police near Yumbis village in Garissa County.
A source who broke the News to The Bloom Gist had dismissed al-Shabab's claim that at least 20 policemen were killed in the attack.
Al-Shabab is a Somalia-based group which has stepped up attacks in Kenya.
In April, it carried out a siege on Garissa University College and 148 people were killed - and just last week, the group invaded a mosque in Yumbis and warned residents not to work with the government.
Source: BBC News
