Five police officers injured in Mandera.
At least five police officers were on Friday injured when they were ambushed by al Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county.
Witnesses said the attackers had set an Improvised Explosive Devise on the road which hit a speeding police vehicle.
This caused the vehicle to be badly damaged and burnt. The vehicle was carrying at least 15 police officers moving from Banisa towards Mandera.
This prompted a major police operation in the area with authorities saying they were pursuing the attackers who escaped towards the nearby Kenya-Somalia border.
Deputy Inspector General of police Edward Mbugua said there were casualties on the side of the attackers and a major operation to pursue them was ongoing.
“There was an attack by suspected al Shabaab militants in Banisa this morni...