(Wajir) A roadside bomb hit a police vehicle patrolling near Kenya’s
border with Somalia on Saturday, killing
eight of the 13 officers inside. The attack occurred on Saturday morning
at Konton centre, and were pursuing attackers who raided the village late
Friday and drove away with three police reservists.
Knowing that they would be followed, they laid an explosive device in the road . According to police sources, there were 13 officers in a Land Cruiser that ran over the landmine, eight of whom died on the spot.
