IED

IED event in Garissa, Garissa Town area, Kenya on Wed 15th February 2023

15th February 2023

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Three police officers were on Tuesday killed when the vehicle they were travelling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Garissa County. Officials say that say the officers drawn from the Border Patrol Unit of the Administration were enroute to Garissa town when their vehicle was hit with the IED that had been planted on the road by suspected Al-Shabaab militants.

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Garissa ( Garissa Town area )

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