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<\/a><\/p>\nIssa Hussein<\/p>\n
11 December 2011<\/p>\n
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One Administration Police officer died on the spot and nine Kenya Defense Forces soldiers critically injured in separate incidents of landmine explosions in Mandera and Wajir on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The military officers were travelling from Wajir to Mandera in a convoy of three when one land rover drove over a landmine.<\/p>\n
Nine soldiers were critically injured in the incident and are currently undergoing treatment in Wajir district hospital.<\/p>\n
Wajir District commissioner Kennedy Nyaiyo, who confirmed the incident, said military officers have thrown a security ring around where the incident occurred to net any suspect.<\/p>\n
Earlier, an AP officer died on the spot and two regular police officers seriously injured in Mandera. The three were on a foot patrol near the Kenya-Somalia border.<\/p>\n
The AP is reported to have stumbled on the explosive device.<\/p>\n
North Eastern police boss Leo Nyongesa said the device lay along the Kenya -Somalia border line that separates Bulla Hawa of Somalia and Mandera district headquarters.<\/p>\n
Mr Nyongesa said that security had been beefed up in the district and urged locals to give helpful information that may lead to arrests.<\/p>\n
Arrangements are currently being made to airlift the injured officers to Nairobi, he said.<\/p>\n
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