Mandera East divisional police commander Timothy Muasya said the bomb was buried on the ground by unknown people. The driver survived with serious injuries after the 1 p.m. incident.
He said the dear departed government engineer was travelling from Kombo area in Elwak when his vehicle ran over the IED blowing the driver cabinet.
"We are investigating the incident as at this moment we can not link it to anybody as our officers from the Anti-Terror Police Unit have carried the debris for analysis," Muasya said.
He said the dear departed worked for a local construction company. Muasya said the police have been dispatched to the area for surveillance as it is a hot spot area where security vehicles had been attacked in the past.
"Our buses plying the route remain heavily guarded by armed police escort to prevent attacks by the al-Shabaab
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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...," he said. Police said the IED was targeting government vehicles using the Wajir-Mandera road.