Five Kenyan policemen have been killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the north-eastern town of Liboi, near the border with Somalia.<\/p>\n
The attack happened almost at the exact spot where four officers were killed in a similar attack yesterday, which has been claimed by al-Shabab militants.<\/p>\n
Five other officers were killed in a separate bombing incident on Monday in neighbouring Mandera county.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab has staged numerous attacks in Kenya in recent years.<\/p>\n
The Islamist militants want Kenya to withdraw its troops who are serving under the AU mission to Somalia (Amisom).<\/p>\n
Kenya sent its troops across the border in 2011 to pursue al-Shabab.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Mohammud Ali in Nairobi reports that the Mandera attack had targeted a convoy carrying local politicians including the county governor Ali Roba.<\/p>\n
Mr Roba posted on Facebook on Monday that he had also lost his bodyguard in the attack.<\/p>\n
It is the third attack that has targeted Mr Roba in three years.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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