Al Shabaab gunmen killed around 25 Kenyan police on Monday, ambushing some officers in a village in the east of the country after others died when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by the militants, their military spokesman said.
Published : 26 May 2015, 03:53 PM
The Islamist group also burnt five vehicles in the two incidents, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab said.
"We took all their weapons. There were some Kenyan forces that escaped in the course of the ambush fighting," he said.
Some 20 police died in the ambush, which occurred in Monday evening in Yumbis village, 70 km (45 miles) north of the town of Garissa, the Standard and Daily Nation newspapers said.