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Three Kenyan police officers killed by suspected Shabaab landmine

Three Kenyan police officers were killed while two others suffered injuries when their vehicle hit a landmine near Kulan Dam in Liboi Garissa County, eastern Kenya, early Wednesday morning.

The officers were part of a three-vehicle early morning patrol in the Somali border region, along the Liboi-Milan road, when the vehicle belonging to the Kulan Administration Police Post hit the improvised explosive device (IED).

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