Police in Mandera East on Wednesday, June 5 averted a possible tragedy when they recovered and demolished an IED planted in an abandoned house.
Corporal Ibrahim Isaac says that at around 9 am while manning the border at Border Point Section 3, he noticed a suspicious metallic container buried next to a wall of the abandoned house. A report filed at Mandera Police Station says that the location of the Improvised Explosive Device is within their area of deployment where officers normally keep guard and use as a shade during hot sun.
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Source: TV47 News
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