Bullet cartridges captured during a suspected bandit attack. [File, Standard]
Two people have been killed and hundreds of goats and sheep stolen following a bandit attack at a village in Isiolo County.
The incident, at Garse Dabata in Gotu location, took place on Friday evening and is on the eastern bank of Ewaso Nyiro River.
It reportedly took the villagers by surprise as the raiders rounded up nearly 700 goats and sheep before killing the two who were said to be herding the animals at that time.
The County Police Commander Isaac Sang said a reinforced security team was pursuing the attackers, with preliminary reports indicating the attackers had crossed the nearby Ewaso Nyiro River.
The duo was buried at Gotu trading centre on Saturday in accordance with the Muslim rites.
By Saturday evening, Gotu Senior Chief Abdullahi Bagaja said 180 of the stolen animals had been recovered.
Omar Shariff, an elder from the Somali community, said herders with thousands of livestock grazing on both banks of the river were exposed to external attacks, allegedly being carried out by bandits from a neighbouring county.