Al-Shabaab attacks two Kenyan border towns

“Make your choice today and withdraw all your
forces,” Ahmed Abdi Mohamed Godane, who goes by Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, said
in a statement posted online late Wednesday, according to the AP.

{mosads}”Otherwise be prepared for an abundance of blood that
will be spilt in your country, economic downfall and displacement.”

Al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda affiliate based in Somalia, has
taken responsibility for the four-day assault on an upscale Nairobi mall where at
least 70 people were killed.

The latest attacks occurred on Thursday in Mandera, where
two police officers were killed, and on Wednesday evening in Wajir, which is
about 240 miles southwest of Mandera, according to the AP.

One person was killed there when gunmen opened fire and
threw grenades.

The Nairobi mall attack has sparked concerns over al-Shabaab
harboring broader ambitions than previously realized.

The group actively recruits Somali-Americans to join its
ranks, and there have been unverified reports that Americans were among the assailants
in Nairobi.