Laikipia: Two KDF soldiers killed, others injured in ambush by bandits

Laikipia: Two KDF soldiers killed, others injured in ambush by bandits

File image of KDF officers. PHOTO | COURTESY

Two Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers were on Wednesday evening shot dead and others injured after an ambush by suspected bandits in Laikipia Nature Conservancy.

The soldiers are said to have been digging a trench meant to prevent stolen livestock from being driven to the troubled conservancy when they were attacked.  

Sources said the bandits had only a short while earlier attempted to attack the GSU base and engaged the officers in a fierce gun battle.

Two GSU officers were killed during the shootout, where a police inspector also sustained gunshot injuries.

The GSU officers were accosted by the bandits a short distance from Kamwenje police base in Laikipia West.

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KDF Laikipia Nature Conservancy Bandits GSU

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