7 Kenyan officers, 1 civilian killed in bombing
Seven Kenyan police officers and a civilian died Wednesday when their armored personnel vehicle ran over an improvised bomb in an attack claimed by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.
A police report seen by The Associated Press said the vehicle with the Rural Patrol Border Unit in Mangai in southern Kenya had been going to refuel when the bomb exploded.
Kenyan army personnel tried to rescue the officers and came under fire from suspected al-Shabab extremists, the report said.
Seven police officers were in the vehicle, but only five bodies were found, the report said. Three bodies were later recovered in the area, the report said.
Al-Shabab claimed killing seven officers in the incident, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist groups.
