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Mine event in Garissa, Dadaab area, Kenya on Tue 9th May 2017

9th May 2017

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Further reports have emerged of the damage caused by an explosion that targeted a Kenyan army convoy in Garissa County, northeastern Kenya. The explosion which was a land mine attack was targeted on a Kenya army convoy in between Liboi town and Kulan village in Garissa county. Kenyan police said the explosion injured several soldiers with three sustaining serious injuries. The injured were airlifted to a hospital in the capital, Nairobi, for treatment. No one who has claimed responsibility for the attack given that al-Shabab has severally taken credit for attacks that have happened in northeastern Kenya.

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