Five Kenya Defence Force soldiers died while ten others are in hospital after the vehicle they were travelling in hit an improvised explosive device(IED) in Lamu county.
The Soldiers were on a humanitarian civil assignment to fetch water and distribute for the locals when disaster struck along the Kiunga and Sankuri road. It is yet not clear how the other 10 in hospital are doing but the incident was confirmed by Ministry of defence.
Five KDF soldiers killed, 10 others injured after their vehicle ran over an IED on the Kiunga-Sankuri road, Lamu County. pic.twitter.com/1dlNLXVRi7
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The attack follows a similar one that occurred in the Kenya Somali border leaving 8 KDF soldiers dead in May. Their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device back in May of this year.
Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based and Al-Qaeda-linked rag-tag militia, declared war on Kenya when Nairobi deployed forces to help stabilise the Horn of Africa nation in 2011.
While they gave up on field combat, the terrorists have been launching sporadic attacks on KDF and African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) convoys and camps.
Kenya first deployed soldiers in Somalia in October 2011 in Operation Linda Nchi before they were amalgamated into Amisom the following year.