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Kenya says 5 police officers killed, 3 injured in explosive device attack
[AlAhram] Five coppers were killed in eastern Kenya on Wednesday when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb suspected to have been planted by Somalia's al-Shabaab...  an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia...group, an official said. Al-Shabaab is fighting to topple Somalia's government, establish their own rule based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law and drive out of the country peacekeepers deployed by the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... The murderous Moslems frequently launch attacks in neighbouring Kenya to pressure it to withdraw its troops which form part of the peacekeeping force. Harun Kamau, Deputy County Commissioner in the region, told Rooters the coppers were in a vehicle conducting patrols in Harar village, in Liboi town near the Kenya-Somalia border, when the vehicle hit the device. "We suspect the improvised bomb had been planted by al-Shabaab group to target our security team, Kamau said." The kaboom occurred at around 9 a.m. local Kenyan time and a total of eight coppers were aboard the vehicle. "It is unfortunate we have lost five coppers while three of their colleagues survived but are critically injured," he said. The injured officers were airlifted to the Kenyan capital Nairobi for further treatment. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-06-07 |
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