{"id":2338,"date":"2017-06-27T18:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T18:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somalicentral.com\/news\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2017-07-02T19:00:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T19:00:41","slug":"deadly-blast-targets-police-near-kenya-somalia-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somalicentral.com\/news\/deadly-blast-targets-police-near-kenya-somalia-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly blast targets police near Kenya-Somalia border"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least eight people, including four children, killed in suspected al-Shabab bombing in Lamu county.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

At least four children and four policemen have been killed in a roadside explosion in southeastern Kenya<\/span>, near the border with Somalia<\/span>, according to police.<\/span><\/p>\n

Noah Mwivanda, a senior police officer in Lamu County, said Tuesday’s blast happened between the towns of Mararani and Kiunga.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

The deadly incident bore the hallmarks of similar bombings blamed on Somalia’s al-Shabab<\/span> armed group, which has previously targeted security forces in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

It increases the death toll from homemade explosives in the past three months to 46, with policemen as the majority of fatalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It says the attacks are retribution for Kenya sending troops to Somalia to fight them.Al-Shabab has carried out more than 100 attacks on Kenya since 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta<\/span>, who is campaigning for re-election in August, did not immediately comment on the latest explosion.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, Kenyatta said if re-elected he would “strengthen the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit by acquiring more specialised vehicles to counter and deter the security threats emerging from terrorist groups”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kenya has managed to stop the frequency of al-Shabab attacks in its capital, Nairobi, and major towns, but human rights groups say the government uses methods such as extrajudicial killings that can fuel revenge attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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