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Ethiopian soldiers cross to Kenya, kill three policemen, five missing

KENYA: Ethiopian soldiers shoot dead 3 Kenyan police in an ambush in Sololo area, Marsabit County. The soldiers were pursuing (Oromo Liberation Front) OLF gunmen who had killed a chief in Ethiopia on Thursday, local police say.

The soldiers had surrounded a village for a siege while searching for the alleged OLF militia when the Kenya police were called. As they drove to the village, they were attacked in an ambush killing three on the spot. Local police say at least five other officers are missing after the attack.

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