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The Al-Shabaab militant group abducted and beheaded the chief of a clutch of villages in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, the Islamists and local police sources said Wednesday.
Omar Adan Buul, the head of the Gumarey sub-location in Wajir county, was kidnapped on Friday by jihadists who had raided the area and lectured the locals , according to Kenyan media reports. It is true the chief who went missing last week on Friday has been found dead. His head was dumped on the road but the rest of the body has not been found, a local police officer said on condition of anonymity.
K24Digital reports.
The Wajirâs Gumarey Sub-Location Assistant Chief Omar Adan Buul was abducted on Friday, December 18 by the suspected terrorists and taken to an unknown place.
âOn Monday, his head was found by herders at the junction of Khorof Harar and Konton,â says a police report filed at the Khorof Harar Police Station.
âIt was established that the deceased was decapitated at another place and head placed on the road,â added the report.
Buulâs head was taken by police to Khorof Harar Police Station.
âIt would later be taken to Wajir County Referral Hospital mortuary.â
Police say the administratorâs other body parts are yet to be found, with a search launched.
Last Friday, gunmen stormed Gumurey, a village near the border with Somalia.
After heavy clashes with police in the area, the group managed kidnap Omar Adan Buul, the head of the Gumarey sub-location in Wajir county.
The gunmen also lectured the locals and warned them against working with Kenyan government.
On Tuesday, herders in Qorfa-Harar locality had found the head of Buul on roadside, according to Kenya police. The police also said the body of the victim is yet to be found.
“It is true the chief who went missing last week on Friday has been found dead. His head was dumped on the road but the rest of the body has not been found,” a local police officer who sought anonymity told AFP.