Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya; 3 dead

Three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya, Kenyan police have announced.
Northeastern Kenya police chief George Seda said in a statement, the victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and Garissa town.
The attack began when the police vehicle was demobilized when it hit an explosive device planted on the road, said police and witnesses.
It said, the attackers then fired a rocket-propelled grenade which killed two officers and a civilian, said the statement. Several other people escaped into the bush and their whereabouts are still unknown.
The attackers then set the vehicle ablaze. The area is near Kenya’s border with Somalia.