ESAT News (July 5, 2017)
Three Kenyan police officers were dead and seven others were reported missing after a gunbattle with suspected Al-Shabaab militants, Kenyan media reported.
According to a BBC report, the militants staged a dawn attack against a police post in an area called Lamu, near the country’s border with Somalia.
Six police officers were also injured in the attack by the militants estimated to be about 200, according to the Daily Nation.
Reports also said unknown number villagers have gone missing after the attack.
There has been an increase in attacks by Al-Shabaab militants against kenyan targets in recent years.