Operation mounted in Boni Forest after Tuesday attack The Star
Security officers on patrol inside the Boni forest in Lamu. Community activists demand updates on Linda Boni progress in Lamu. Image: CHETI PRAXIDES
•Security officials aware of the operations said the Kenya response troops had killed at least eight of the attackers who were operating a sleeper cell in the forest.
•The affected troops were travelling in a land cruiser when the ambush happened at about 9.30 am.
A multi-agency security team has been deployed to the expansive Boni Forest in Lamu county following Tuesday’s attack on troops in the area that left seven soldiers dead.
KDF Officer Charged With Defiling Girl Headed to School
KDF officers save an overturned pick-up along Garissa-Hola Road.
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A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Senior Private was pounced on by police on Tuesday, January 5 after allegedly defiling a minor.
The minor was rescued by police officers after an accident that was witnessed on Nyeri-Mweiga highway at around 6 p.m on their way to school after committing the heinous act.
Central Region Police boss Agustine Nthumbi confirmed the incident as the military officer appeared in court on Wednesday, January 6.
A file photo of KDF soldiers during a patrol in Kotile town on the Garissa-Lamu-Somalia border, as part of the Linda Boni operation aimed at flushing out Al-Shabaab terrorists.