Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Kenya on Thu 7th May 2026

7th May 2026

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On 7 May 2026, Al Shabaab detonated an explosive targeting security forces (likely police officers, police reservists, and military officers for their involvement in Al Shabaab operations) guarding a government infrastructure project at an unspecified location near a borrow pit, along the Elwak-Eresuki road (coded to the nearest known location as Iresuki, Mandera South, Mandera). There were no injuries or fatalities. Al Shabaab claimed to have killed an unspecified number officers. Unspecified fatalities coded as 3.

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