Unconfirmed reports last evening indicated the number of the dead could have risen to eight.
Police said the dead were part of 15 passengers traveling in a Land Cruiser vehicle. They said those injured were rushed to Lafey Sub-county Hospital.
The IED is suspected to have been planted by Al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh said the 11 suffered multiple injuries.
"The four-wheel-drive vehicle was using a condemned road when it ran over an IED. We had discouraged vehicles from using the route because it is close to the border and is very dangerous. No arrest has been made so far," said Saleh.
IEDs are the leading cause of death of soldiers and police forces deployed to fight snuffies and bad boy groups in North Eastern and Coast regions. On May 31, 10 coppers were killed when an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) they were in struck an IED in Lamu.