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12 Kenyan police officers killed after Al-Shabab attacks

Nairobi, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The number of police officers killed in eastern Kenya today rose to 12 following bomb attacks by the Al-Shabab armed group, security sources reported nWednesday.

According to a statement, four police officers were killed in the eastern county of Mandera after a police vehicle drove over an improvised bomb.

Subsequently, six other police officers were killed, the source said.

Officials also reported that two soldiers were killed after another explosive device hit a military vehicle in the coastal county of Lamu.

The Al-Shabab attacks on several targets have increased in the last months in Kenya as a result of the fact that Al-Shabab members fled to this country from Somalia.

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