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Four children killed by bomb buried in ground in Mandera

Four children were killed by an explosive device buried in an open field in Eymole location in Mandera County. [Photo: Courtesy]

Four children were over the weekend killed when an explosive device they were playing with exploded at an open field in Banisa, Mandera County.

Two others were seriously injured in the incident. The children died when the landmine that officials said had been abandoned in Eymole location went off as the children played with it.

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