Woman injured by stray bullet in clash between Somalia security agencies near Kenyan border in Mandera
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A Kenyan woman was shot and injured following a clash between two security agencies in Somalia’s Bulla Hawa area near the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera.
The incident happened on October 23, 2025 at Kullun area.
The agencies disagreed and engaged in a shootout. Officials said a stray bullet hit a Kenyan woman in Mandera. She was injured in the right leg and rushed to the hospital, where she was admitted in stable condition.
This raised tension in the area amid fears the fighting would escalate. Kenyan officials stated that they had sought an explanation from the agencies in Somalia regarding the incident.
This is the latest such incident in the area as the security teams in Somalia squabble over the control of the region.
On September 28, 2025 a woman was injured after a falling bullet hit her in the same area. This followed the ongoing fighting in Somalia.
Police said the woman was at her home near the border region when a stray bullet fell from the sky and hit her in the upper right hand.
The bullet lodged in the upper hand and the woman was later rushed to the Mandera Referral Hospital where a surgery was successfully conducted to remove it.
Police said the bullet was fired from the nearby Somalia’s Bula Hawa town where there are ongoing clashes between armed groups over its control.
In August, 2025, a 44-year-old Kenyan woman was killed after stepping on an explosive device at the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera Town.
Fatuma Madnur Mohamed died on August 14, 2025 after stepping on a suspected explosive remnant of war, police said.
The device had landed about 100 meters from the main border after being launched from Bula Hawa, Somalia, where local security agencies are clashing for control of the region.
Tension remains high in the area amid fears of spillover into Kenya.
Security officials said they had heightened alertness as fighting rages.
The confrontations centre around the strategic town of Bula Hawa in the Gedo region, deepening tensions between Mogadishu and the semi-autonomous Jubaland administration.
Efforts are ongoing to de-escalate the conflict.
Kenyan officials have increased patrols along the border to prevent any spillover. Sporadic fighting has been reported just a few kilometres from the crossing point.