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Five KDF soldiers killed by road bombs in Lamu

The soldiers were on a humanitarian civil assignment to fetch and distribute water to the residents. [File, Standard]

Five soldiers were killed yesterday when two vehicles they were in struck improvised explosive devices on the road.

Colonel Paul Njuguna from the Department of Defence's Public Affairs Department said yesterday evening that the explosions, which occurred around 8am, also injured 10 soldiers.

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