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Three police officers feared dead, 8 injured after bandit attack in Turkana

Torched police cars along the Kitale-Lodwar highway. [Rashid Lorogoi, Standard]

Three police officers are feared dead and eight others injured after bandits attacked a police convoy along the Kitale-Lodwar highway in Turkana on Saturday morning.

Transport along the highway was paralysed for hours at Kainuk trading centre following the deadly shootout between the bandits and security officers. A traffic snarl-up on both lanes stretched for kilometres.

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