Two Kenyan Border Patrol Unit officers were killed on Wednesday, November 19, when their patrol vehicle struck an improvised explosive device planted by al-Shabab militants along the Liboi–Kulan road in Garissa County.
The attack, which occurred near the Kenya–Somalia frontier, destroyed the vehicle instantly and left a deep crater at the blast site. Security teams were swiftly deployed to secure the area, as images from the scene showed the shattered patrol truck overturned with debris scattered across the sandy terrain.
Authorities say the Somalia-based militant group continues to exploit porous borderlines and remote landscapes to mount cross-border attacks, ambushes and raids on security installations. Garissa, Mandera and Wajir counties remain the most vulnerable, with roadside IEDs posing the highest threat to patrol units.
Despite stronger surveillance and intensified operations under Kenya’s long-running deployment to Somalia — now part of the African Union Transition Mission — al-Shabab’s insurgency persists, accounting for dozens of fatalities among security officers over the past decade.