A series of explosions at Damasa could be heard right at Kenyan Defense Force military camp in Mandera and the rest of the country has been cut off .
According to police in the county, intelligence reports said that about 100 al-Shabaab militia were seen on the Somalia side of Damasa, reportedly being transported in 13 lorries.
They were moving using two land cruisers and a number of motorcycles from El-Adde town towards Borache. They were also seen in the area as the explosions were being detonated.
The explosions, believed to have meant for either a Kenya Defense Forces camp in the area of the Somalia National Army, however took out a communication mast two kilometers away from the camps.
The downing of the Safaricom communication mast cut off communication beteen the Kenyan camp and officers who were investigating the explosions.
Aside from the mast, the only source of water in the region was also destroyed.
A security meeting that was scheduled to take place today Tuesday, June 28, 2016, was postponed.
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