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5 dead in Kenya Shabab attack
(MENAFN- Arab News) NAIROBI: Suspected militants from the Somali-led Shabab militant group killed at least five people in a roadside bomb attack police said Tuesday.
The attack on a police truck took place on Monday in the eastern coastal county of Lamu which borders Somalia and has been hit by a wave of attacks by the Al-Qaeda linked group.
'Five people were killed in the attack including a mother and her child' Lamu police chief Chrispus Mutali said adding that five others were wounded in the attack.
All those killed were reportedly civilians who had been given a lift by the police while the officers escaped unharmed.
Shabab militants have recently been blamed for a string of security incidents in the Lamu area including attacks on passenger buses and a failed raid on a military base last month.
The militant group is believed to have fighters operating in the area's Boni forest.
In mid-June 2014 close to 100 people were killed in a series of armed assaults on the town of Mpeketoni and surrounding villages in Lamu county.
These attacks close to the once-popular holiday island of Lamu led to a collapse in tourism on Kenya's coast after foreign governments warned their nationals against travel to the area.
The attack on a police truck took place on Monday in the eastern coastal county of Lamu which borders Somalia and has been hit by a wave of attacks by the Al-Qaeda linked group.
'Five people were killed in the attack including a mother and her child' Lamu police chief Chrispus Mutali said adding that five others were wounded in the attack.
All those killed were reportedly civilians who had been given a lift by the police while the officers escaped unharmed.
Shabab militants have recently been blamed for a string of security incidents in the Lamu area including attacks on passenger buses and a failed raid on a military base last month.
The militant group is believed to have fighters operating in the area's Boni forest.
In mid-June 2014 close to 100 people were killed in a series of armed assaults on the town of Mpeketoni and surrounding villages in Lamu county.
These attacks close to the once-popular holiday island of Lamu led to a collapse in tourism on Kenya's coast after foreign governments warned their nationals against travel to the area.
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