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muriel_volestrangler

(102,483 posts) Sat Aug 17, 2013, 08:03 AM Aug 2013

Kenya violence: 'Al-Shabab attack' kills four police

Four Kenyan police officers have been shot dead by suspected Somali militants close to the countries' border near the town of Garissa, officials have said.

About 40 heavily armed men attacked a police post in Garissa late on Friday, the county commissioner said.

The Somali militant group al-Shabab said it had carried out the attack.

Kenya has suffered a series of attacks since its troops moved into southern Somalia to combat the al-Shabab militants in 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23738239

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Kenya violence: 'Al-Shabab attack' kills four police (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 OP

Thanks. The situation in Kenya is one that we ignore to our peril. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #1

JDPriestly

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1. Thanks. The situation in Kenya is one that we ignore to our peril.

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Sun Aug 18, 2013, 05:13 PM

Aug 2013

What is happening in Kenya could happen elsewhere as established societies begin to collapse.

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