MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – At least one Kenyan security officer have been killed and six others wounded after their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device in Rhamu, Mandera County.
According to Kenyan local media, the attack took place on Monday.
The General Service Unit personnel were driving in an official vehicle headed for Mandera town on Monday evening when they ran over a set bomb.
Witnesses and police said two of the officers were critically injured.
They were all taken to a local hospital amid plans for evacuation to Nairobi.
It is believed the bomb was set up by al-Shabaab militants or their sympathisers who are operating in the area.
Response teams that arrived at the scene minutes later did not find those behind the incident.
Police said they are investigating the attack which is new after a long lull.
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