{Somalia’s al Shabaab militants killed five police officers in a border region in northeastern Kenya on Monday, the latest deadly incursion aimed at punishing Kenya for sending troops to Somalia.}<\/p>\n
Al Shabaab said it was behind the attack. The group’s military operations spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab told Reuters four officers were also wounded and a vehicle in their convoy was burned in the ambush by its fighters.<\/p>\n
The group has previously said it would continue attacks until Kenya withdraws troops from an African Union force fighting the militants in Somalia.<\/p>\n
“We condemn the attack by al Shabaab at Dimu this morning, five police officers killed,” Mandera County Governor Ali Roba said on his Twitter account.<\/p>\n
Diplomats say Kenya’s northeastern border with Somalia is a security weak spot, given the challenge of policing a long frontier, poor coordination between security services and a culture of corruption that allows those prepared to pay a bribe to pass unchallenged.<\/p>\n
Al Shabaab has targeted the Mandera region in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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