High-Ranking Al-Shabaab Expert Held After Kenya Blasts
The military has been deployed in parts of northern Kenya to demine roads after 20 people, including 11 police officers, were killed in explosions in the area. Several suspects have been arrested and Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for some of the attacks.
The site of the explosion in Mandera on May 24, 2017.
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Kenya:
Military Deployed to Northern Kenya to Demine Roads
Nation, 25 May 2017
The military was on Thursday deployed in parts of northern Kenya to demine roads after 20 people, including 11 police officers were killed in explosions in the area. Read more »
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Kenya:
Al-Shabaab Claims Somalia, Kenya Attacks
VOA, 25 May 2017
The African extremist group al-Shabab said it carried out three attacks in Somalia and Kenya on Wednesday that killed 16 people, most of them police and security officers. Read more »
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Kenya:
Attacks Bring Security Back to National Agenda
Nation, 26 May 2017
The sudden upsurge in terrorist attacks after a prolonged lull sends worrying signals just two months to the General Election. Read more »
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Kenya:
APs Feared Dead in New Landmine Attack in Liboi, Garissa
Nation, 25 May 2017
Several police officers are feared dead after their vehicle ran over a landmine on Malelei-Kulan road in Liboi, Garissa County. Read more »
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Kenya:
5 More Police Officers Killed in New Liboi Attack
Capital FM, 25 May 2017
Five police officers have been killed and one injured in yet another attack in Liboi, a day after eight police officers were killed in the restive Somalia border towns. Read more »
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Kenya:
Police Officers Killed By Separate Bomb Blasts
Shabelle, 25 May 2017
Eight Kenyan security officers were killed in two separate roadside bombings in eastern Kenya on Wednesday, senior officials said, and Somali Islamist militants claimed both… Read more »
InFocus
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Nine police officers died in two separate terror attacks in Mandera and Garissa on Wednesday when their vehicles were blown up after running over explosives. Read more »