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MANDERA, Kenya, May 24 (Xinhua) -- At least five security officers were killed and others injured after a vehicle hit a landmine on Wednesday at border region in Kenya, a regional government official confirmed.
The incident occurred as the vehicle they were traveling in was hit in Kenya's Mandera County near the Somalia border.
Mandera East Deputy County commissioner Lawrence Omondi said the deceased were part of Governor Ali Ibrahim Roba's security team and were escorting him for a political campaign in Lafey when the incident happened.
The governor's vehicle and others had bypassed the scene before the explosion.
