Roadside bomb targeting police kills five in Kenya's north coast
MOMBASA -- Four police officers and a civilian were killed on Wednesday and two more police are missing after their truck hit a landmine on a road along Kenya's northern coast, a police report said.
The vehicle was heading towards Mokowe, near the popular island resort of Lamu, according to the report, filed at Kiunga police station in Lamu.
"KDF (Kenya Defence Forces) officers responded and when they reached the scene they found four bodies in uniform and another body in civilian clothes," the report said.
Two more officers who were riding in the truck have not been accounted for.
