On 26 May 2015, Kenyan police were ambushed by Al-Shabaab in Garissa County, which borders with Somalia.
The Kenyan government has deployed its forces under the wider African Union Mission to Somalia,[4] and announced in March 2012 that it would be sending 5,000 troops to join the coalition.
[4] Since the Operation Linda Nchi began, Al-Shabaab vowed retaliation against the Kenyan authorities.
At the militant group's urging,[5] a significant and increasing number of terrorist attacks in Kenya have since been carried out by local Kenyans, many of whom are recent converts to Islam.
[7][8] By mid-2014, the cumulative attacks began affecting Kenya's tourism industry, as Western nations issued travel warnings to their citizens.