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Police kill four Al Shabaab terrorists in Lamu

Some of the Security operations around Boni Forest in lamu County recently. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Police in Boni Forest killed four terrorists and recovered six AK-47 rifles in Ijara on the border of Lamu and Garissa counties.

The Rapid Border Patrol Unit officers, who are part of the multi-agency security Operation Linda Boni meant to flush out Al-Shabaab believed to be hiding inside the Forest, engaged in a gun fight with the terrorists who had attacked a communication mast in Ijara on Sunday night.

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