Thirteen Kenyan police are missing after suspected al-Shabab gunmen attacked their vehicles near Somalia’s border, injuring at least five other officers and burning five cars, police said on Tuesday.
A police spokesman, George Kimoti, told AP that 13 officers were missing following the attack. A statement signed by Police Chief J K Boinnet said two officers were critically injured and three others sustained minor injuries in the attack but made no mention of missing officers.
Another police official said the missing officers were part of team of more than 20 officers traveling in three land Cruiser pick-up trucks who had gone to recover a firearm lost by one officer when their car was hit by a land mine.