Kenyan soldiers feared dead in bomb attack

An unspecified number of Kenyan soldiers are feared dead and several others injured after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in the coastal Lamu county on Sunday.

Military spokesperson Brig Zipporah Kioko told the local Nation website that the incident occurred in volatile Lamu's Boni Forest.

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF ) in a statement on Monday said the soldiers were on patrol along the Milimani Baure road when the incident happened.

"The injured were airlifted to Manda Base Hospital for medical care," read the KDF statement. The statement did not mention the number of soldiers killed.

The al-Shabab militant group said it carried out the attack.

The Somalia-based militants have increased raids in Lamu in recent weeks, often targeting security forces.

The surge in attacks have forced the government to suspend plans to reopen the Kenya-Somalia border.