At least four Kenyan engineers working for the country’s highway agency were killed in an ambush carried out by al-Shabaab fighters in Tana River County.
The workers were leading a three-car convoy from the town of Garissa to Bura when they hit an explosive device planted in the road, according to a police report.
“A convoy of Kenha engineers in three vehicles who were on routine assessment of the Lapsset road were attacked by suspected Al- Shabaab who had placed an IED on the old Lapsset road which exploded destroying the first vehicle,” a police statement said.
The vehicle, a Toyota Hilux Double-Cabin, was completely wrecked in the blast.
The team was travelling from Garissa to Hailey Chinese Camp then to Bura East.
However, following the attack, drivers of the other vehicles returned to Hailey Camp.
“Three bodies were found, and it is believed the body of the fourth person was completely destroyed in the vehicle,” a police signal read.
Al-Shabab fighters have been attacking places in northeastern Kenya, which borders Somalia.
