NAIROBI: At least five people were killed when a bomb hidden on a donkey cart blew up in a Kenyan town on the border with Somalia on Monday, the interior minister said.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack but the explosion occurred in an area of far northeastern Kenya often targeted by the Al-Shabaab group.
Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said that five people were killed and another five suffered “life-threatening wounds” in the blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the town of Elwak in Mandera County.
“The bomb exploded by the criminals was laden on a donkey cart to avoid detection,” the interior minister said in a statement.
“The crime scene has been sealed off for evacuation and investigations while several security formations are in pursuit of the attackers.”
The minister did not say who was believed to be behind the explosion.
