Two Kenyan police officers killed in IED attack in Mandera https://t.co/4mOp8yVY9b
— Goobjoog News (@GoobjoogNews) September 4, 2023
Two Kenyan Police officers from the elite Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) were killed Sunday after their vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Arabia area, Mandera.
One police officer went titzup, while the second died in hospital. A police report said two others were in a critical condition.
The al-Shabaab
...... the personification of Somali state failure...terrorist group has stepped up its attacks on Kenyan soil, killing dozens of coppers along the Kenya-Somalia border since May this year.
The recent attacks have forced the government to suspend plans to open the border between the two nations.
Kenyan soldiers have been in Somalia as part of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transitional Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to help fight the al-Shabaab terrorist group.