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7 police officers, a doctor among 10 dead in Kenya terror attack
Seven police officers, a doctor and two other people have been killed in an ambush in Wajir, a town near the border with Somalia.
Seven police officers, a doctor and two other people have been killed in an ambush in Wajir, a town near the border with Somalia.
Authorities said four people escaped the Friday evening attack with minor injuries.
Gunmen attacked a Mandera-bound bus between Kutulo and Wargadud area in Wajir County around 5.30pm Friday.
The suspected Al-Shabaab militants stopped the bus and separated the passengers into two groups. The terrorists released the bus and executed the victims.
Officials said the bus was carrying 56 passengers at the time of the incident.
Wajir County Commissioner Loyford Kibaara said the officers, who belong to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), were on their way back to work when the Medina bus was ambushed.
