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Two police officers missing after Al Shabaab attack base in Kenya

Two policemen are missing after Somali Islamists attacked a police base in northeastern Kenya

Nairobi: Two policemen are missing after Somali Islamists attacked a police base in northeastern Kenya early on Thursday, a police spokesman said, the latest in a string of cross-border raids by the al Shabaab militia.

Fighters in two Landcruisers attacked the patrol base "but the officers in the camp managed to repulse them amid (a) fierce exchange of fire," said a statement from police spokesman George Kinoti.

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