IED explosion kills 9 Kenyan troops, injures 5 in Gherille, Gedo region
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GOOBJOOG NEWS/Nine Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers were killed and five others injured on Monday in an IED explosion in Gherille, Gedo region in Somalia.
The tragic event occurred after a lorry transporting the Kenyan troops stepped on an IED set by Al-Shabaab militants operating in the area.
The lorry was part of a convoy that had taken water from a site within Kenya and was heading into Somalia for usage.
It is not the first time the militants have attacked the Kenya Defense Forces troops, who are among African Union Mission peacekeepers stationed in Somalia to combat the Al-Shabaab terror group.