IED

IED event in Mandera, Mandera East area, Kenya on Sat 20th January 2018

20th January 2018

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A Kenyan official says four children have been killed by an explosive device that went off in a field where they grazing livestock. Mandera Governor Ali Roba is blaming devices that Britain might have planted during its colonial occupation of Kenya for the deaths on Saturday. He asked security agents to clear the fields of any devices from before Kenya gained independence in 1963.

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Mandera ( Mandera East area )

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