Several Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers are nursing injuries after their tanker ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Ishakani area, Lamu East.
The officers were on Tuesday making preparations in the area ahead of the erection of a perimeter wall on the Lamu-Somali border.
According to The Star, a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said they had been clearing bushes around the area when the incident occurred.
''Their carrier unknowingly ran over the IED, suspected to have been planted by al-Shabaab militants, who have been terrorising the region for the past two years,'' said the officer.
However, Lamu County Commissioner Joseph Kanyiri said he was not aware of the incident, adding that he has launched investigations into the matter.