Unknown gunmen attack a truck carrying Kenyan soldiers near the border with Somalia

Gunmen attacked a truck carrying Kenyan soldiers near the border with Somalia on Thursday, seriously wounding three of them, the police said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the assault. The attack on Thursday took place in the village of Mangai in Lamu County, the area’s police commander, Ephantus Kiura, said. The Shabab have said they will continue their assaults to persuade to Kenya pull its troops out of Somalia, where its forces have joined other African Union troops battling the militants.