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Mandera Governor Ali Ibrahim Roba has survived a trap by suspected terrorists, but five police officers accompanying him died during the Wednesday attack. A vehicle the governor’s team was traveling was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Arabia in Mandera County. Confirming the attack, the governor revealed that other leaders were safe and that the incident occurred on Wednesday midday.“I would like to inform the general public that the other leaders and I are safe. Unfortunately I lost five of my security officers including my personal bodyguard at an attack on my convoy between Arabia and Fino at around 1p.m,” Rosa said on his Facebook page, as quoted by The Standard.The incident happened between Fino and Arabia. It is part of the area under dusk to dawn curfew due to increased terror attacks. Earlier, another attack killed three police officers in Laboi.