A suspected Shabaab militia killed 12 people, including three police reservists, during an ambush in Mandera near the Somalia border; seven other people are also thought to have been abducted or killed. US Ambassador Robert Godec said on May 17 that the embassy is reducing its Nairobi staff and heightening security measures as the US “continues to receive information about potential terrorist threats aimed at both Kenyans and the international community.”
