MANDERA, Kenya. January 18 -A police officer was Thursday killed and two others injured when a bomb that had been concealed in a donkey cart exploded at cross border between Mandera and Bula Hawa in Mandera county.
Two other officers were injured in the morning incident, police said.
Two donkeys were crossing with luggage from Somalia side and had a guide when the controlled Improvised Explosive Device went off, police said.
The officers manning the border had stopped the animals with their guide for usual inspection for contraband goods and other unwanted goods when the cart went off.
“We have one suspect arrested in Somalia and we are having him brought to Kenya for interrogation and prosecution,” Mandera County Commissioner Amos Mariba said.
He said the guide took off immediately he reached the police officers only for explosive to go off.
The cart was carrying oil products from Somalia to Kenya according to the Mandera County Commissioner.
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