Two Special Forces officers lost their lives while seven others were seriously injured after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Kutulo-Khorof Kharar route in Wajir on Friday in what points to a resurgence of terror attacks linked to al-Shabaab.
The officers who were on a routine patrol were travelling in the vehicle before the incident occurred at about 4pm.
On Monday, security officers who were on a routine foot patrol in Kutulo cheated death after an IED that had been planted on the route exploded. No officer was injured during that incident.
Wajir has witnessed six terror attacks in the past three months, more than Mandera and Garissa counties.
Eight years after Kenyan troops set foot in Somalia on a mission to liberate areas that had been taken over by the al-Shabaab and being used by insurgents as launching grounds for attacks on Kenyan targets, the group has intensified its activities in Kenya.
On October 16, 2011, Kenyan forces launched a military offensive against the al-Shabaab in Somalia, in a campaign dubbed Operation Linda Nchi.
