The attack is the third such deadly incident in Kenya this week
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Officers killed two attackers and recovered two assault rifles and bomb-making materials, police spokesman Charles Owino said. “Officers manning the mast and the base together with special forces were able to repulse them,” police said. The Kenyans were later absorbed into an African Union peacekeeping force, now 21,000-strong, which supports the shaky, Western-backed Somali government.
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