The heavily armed attackers are said to have stormed the police post at 3am, where they shot indiscriminately at 18 police officers who were at the station.
A heavy gunfire exchange ensued for two hours as the officers engaged the somali-based militants who later escaped taking with them a police land cruiser and mortar.
"The terrorists took the camp Landcruiser that we believe was used to ferry the many casualties they suffered, As they fled, the terrorists set ablaze shops at Diff market one belonging to the local chief," police noted in a statement.
Police affirmed that security personnel drawn from the Kenya Defence Force (KDF) and National Police Service (NPS) were in hot pursuit of the gunmen to interdict them and recover the stolen vehicle.
This is the latest attack from the militia group. In January, seven police officers were killed and a few others injured when a vehicle they were traveling in drove over an explosive device planted along the Hindi-Kiunga road in Lamu by Al-Shabaab militants.
Five days after that incident, gunmen who were heavily armed raided a village at Kaisari in Pandanguo, Lamu County killing several people.
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