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 A curfew which was imposed on imposed in Mandera county in October last year has been extended.

The curfew will run until the end of the  Holy month of Ramadhan.

This is after more than eight police officers were killed in separate bomb attacks in Garissa and Mandera counties this week.

Five officers in Governor Ali Roba’s convoy were killed when their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device between Arabia and Lafey in Mandera.

For the Garissa incident, three AP officers were killed in the morning and five others injured when their vehicle ran over an IED.

Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the attacks.