NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – At least three people have been killed and another sustained injuries in a landmine explosion near Kenya’s border with Somalia, officials confirmed.
Mandera South Deputy County Commissioner Paul Kemei who spoke to Daily Nation, a newspaper based in Nairobi said a vehicle transporting security wall workers ran over an improvised explosive device in Mandera.
Mr. Kemei said the incident occurred at 10 am Monday morning on a road on Kenya-Somali border.
“The victims have been clearing a road along the security wall and they were hit by what we suspect to be an improvised explosive device,” Mr. Kemei said.
Mr. Kemei said the explosive must have been planted early in the morning by suspected Al-Shabaab militants.
He stated that security officers did not accompany them on Monday.
“All teams working on the security wall have security provided but it remains unclear how this team went on site without security officers,” he said.
The government of Kenya had begun the construction of the 700Km long security wall along its North-eastern region border with Somalia to curb cross-border attacks by Al-Shabab fighters.
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