Law & Crime :: Military

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  Al-Shabaab in horror attack on KDF, casualties feared

  Militant group al-Shabaab has attacked KDF soldiers in Wajir county. - According to sources, one military vehicle was destroyed in a bomb attack. - Kenya Red Cross confirmed four soldiers have been critically injured during the attack. Militant group al-Shabaab has launched a deadly attack on Kenya Defence Force (KDF) soldiers in Wajir county on Monday, June 19. According to sources, the KDF soldiers were traveling in a convoy near Gerille area when one of the military vehicles hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)   Read More ...

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  Kenyan police officers shoot dead al-Shabaab militant planting bomb, 5 arrested

  Kenyan security forces have killed an al-Shabaab militant planting a bomb in Wajir county. - The officers also arrested five other militants during the operation. - The suspects are currently being interrogated by the counter-terrorism police officers. Kenyan security forces have killed an al-Shabaab militant who was planting a roadside bomb in Wajir county. The security forces also arrested five militants during the operation Monday, 12   Read More ...

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  KDF and police officers survive horror attack

  KDF soldiers and Police officers have survived a terror attack in Wajir county. - The security officers were traveling in a convoy when they were targeted in an IED attack. - All the officers traveling in the six vehicles were not injured in the attack. A convoy of Kenya Defence Force (KDF) and the police on Monday, June 5, narrowly survived death in Wajir county   Read More ...

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  Security officers cheat death in bomb explosion

  Kenyan security officers escaped unhurt after a roadside bomb hit their convoy in Gerille, Wajir County. According to the county's Divisional Criminal Investigations Officer, Mr Michael Mbayi Mwenze, Kenya Defence Forces soldiers and their Kenya Police counterparts were carrying out a joint operation after suspected Al-Shabaab militants were spotted. NO CASUALTY. Mr Mwenze said that the vehicle that was leading the convoy, a land cruiser, ran over an improvised explosive devise   Read More ...

• New wave of Shabaab raids raises alarm

  Mandera and Wajir counties have borne the brunt of terrorist attacks in the last one month despite the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces soldiers in the region. In one of the attacks last Saturday, at least 20 rifles and 13,300 rounds of ammunition were stolen from Diif Police Post during the dawn attack. The attack comes barely three weeks since five police officers were killed and a total of   Read More ...