Written By John Mutiso 📝
At least nine KDF soldiers lost their lives and five others sustained serious injuries following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack on their vehicle at Gherille, in Gedo, Somalia.
The Monday afternoon incident happened when the lorry the soldiers were travelling in ran over the IED that had been set on the roadside by al-Shabaab militants operating in the area.
The lorry was in a convoy of other vehicles which had just come from fetching water from a water point within the Kenyan borders when the incident happened.
According to officials, soldiers who survived the blast with injuries were airlifted to Nairobi for medical attention.
However, KDF is yet to issue an official statement on the attack.
Officials said the terrorists are exploiting the low-cost strategy and deploying them near operating bases or main supply routes to attack their targets.
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