At least three Kenyan Soldiers sustained injuries after suspected Alshabab militants blew up their vehicle using an Improvised explosive device (IED) along the Bothai lamu road.
The soldiers who were part of the team involved in an operation to flush out the militants following the recent kidnapping of an Italian social worker when the officers bumped on the explosive.
Lamu East police commander SSP Gilbert Mugambi confirmed that two suspected al Shabaab militants were later arrested while planting an IED the same road after security agencies swung into action after the incident.
He said the duo were nabbed near Bothai in Lamu County after Kenya defense forces got hold of the two while they were setting an IED device on Bothai -Lamu road.
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Source: Kenya News