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At least three police officers were killed and two others injured on Wednesday when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device(IED)in Garissa county, Kenya.
The police officers were traveling to Liboi town at the border between Kenya and Somalia from Kulan area when their vehicle was hit by the IED, according to a local government official named Mohamud Saleh.
The incident happened at 6:30 am (0330 GMT) and the vehicle was extensively damaged, he added.
The injured were taken to Kulan health center before being flown to Nairobi for specialized treatment.
Regional government official Mohamud Saleh said frustrated Islamist militants are roaming the region after the government security agencies tightened security along the border.
"The militants have found it difficult to carry out attacks as they used to do because all the entry points along the border have been closed. They have now resorted to planting IEDs at selected roads just to target our security officers," said Saleh.
The incident happened barely a week after a vehicle was also blown up by an IED on the same route killing four occupants, including a one-year-old baby.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
