August 16 2017
Police in northeast Kenya say suspected Al-Shabaab militants have killed five officers close to Kenya's border with Somalia, reports the Star (Kenya).
Almost 100 insurgents attacked a police post Tuesday in Alijize in Garissa county, said police sources.
Two officers survived the ambush, though one was wounded. The insurgents reportedly stole weapons and torched a police vehicle, said an official.
Troops from a military camp in Bargoni, Lamu county, were sent in to pursue...
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