NAIROBI: Six people died on Monday when a minibus was destroyed by a roadside bomb during an ambush by armed men in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police said.

The assailants opened fire on the 14-seater vehicle after it ran over the explosive device about eight kilometres from the town of Mandera.

“Six people were killed during an attack on a vehicle,” said national police spokesman Bruno Shioso.

“A security operation is under way to get the attackers.” There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault.

A police report said a General Service Unitpatrol team, which was on foot and nearby, engaged the attackers, who fled towards the Somali border.

The assailants used guns and rocket-propelled grenades during the assault, it added.

Published in Dawn, February 1st, 2022