{Suspected Al-Shabaab militants have burned down a school and abducted two teachers in an overnight attack in Fafi, Garissa.}<\/p>\n
The militants, armed with small arms and explosions, also vandalised a mobile communication mast in the area.<\/p>\n
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The attackers destroyed telecom masts during their attacks to disrupt police communication.<\/p>\n
Northern and coastal Kenya have experienced a sharp rise in attacks linked to the Somalia-based terror group, in which security officers have been killed and security equipment destroyed.<\/p>\n
The attacks came hours after nine security officers and a civilian died on Wednesday when their vehicles ran over explosive devices in separate terror incidents in Lamu County.<\/p>\n
The first explosion happened at 8.30am, between Baure and Milimani, killing all seven police officers on board an armoured vehicle and the civilian passenger.<\/p>\n
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The officers from the Rural Border Patrol Unit of the Administration Police were travelling on the Kiunga-Hindi road.<\/p>\n
Military reinforcements were immediately dispatched and were heading to the scene when another explosive went off along their way, killing two Kenya Defence Forces soldiers and injuring another.<\/p>\n
Yet another explosive device went off between Kiunga and Ishakani later at 3pm.<\/p>\n
Initial investigations show the third explosion was aimed at a military lorry but it went off just before the vehicle arrived at the spot.<\/p>\n
Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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