Kenyan authorities say militants from the same extremist group, al-Shabab, that took over a Nairobi mall have attacked a security post near the Somali border, killing two police officers.
The attack that took place earlier on Thursday is the second by al-Shabab after the bloody four-day standoff at the Westgate Mall that ended Tuesday in which at least 67 people were killed.
Al-Shabab threatened in a message on Wednesday that if the Kenyan troops remain in Somalia, Kenyans must “be prepared for an abundance of blood.”