Operation mounted in Boni Forest after Tuesday attack

Operation mounted in Boni Forest after Tuesday attack
The Star
Security officers on patrol inside the Boni forest in Lamu. Community activists demand updates on Linda Boni progress in Lamu.
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•Security officials aware of the operations said the Kenya response troops had killed at least eight of the attackers who were operating a sleeper cell in the forest.
•The affected troops were travelling in a land cruiser when the ambush happened at about 9.30 am.
A multi-agency security team has been deployed to the expansive Boni Forest in Lamu county following Tuesday’s attack on troops in the area that left seven soldiers dead.

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