The police officers who were escorting a passenger bus from Mandera were
killed Monday morning after their vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled
grenade near Kotulo. GOOGLE MAPS
By Nation Reporter and Reuters
Somalia's al Shabaab militants killed five police
officers in a border region in northeastern Kenya on Monday, a regional
official said.
There was no immediate statement from al Shabaab, which has
made a series of deadly incursions into Kenya, saying it will continue
until Nairobi withdraws troops from an African Union force fighting the
militants in Somalia.
"We condemn the attack by al Shabaab at Dimu this
morning, five police officers killed," Mandera County Governor Ali Roba
said on his Twitter account.
The police officers who were escorting a passenger
bus from Mandera were killed Monday morning after their vehicle was hit
by a rocket-propelled grenade near Kotulo. The attackers, police say,
also burnt the vehicle. The officers were escorting the bus, called the
Desert Cruiser, that was travelling to Nairobi. Mandera County Police
Commander Job Boronjo confirmed the attack and said the bus was not hit.
Diplomats say Kenya's northeastern border with
Somalia is a security weak spot, given the challenge of policing a long
frontier, poor coordination between security services and a culture of
corruption that allows those prepared to pay a bribe to pass
unchallenged.
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