Kenya: Roadside bomb explodes killing extremist planting it
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Kenyan police official says an Islamic extremist died in Kenya's north when a roadside bomb he was planting exploded.
Suleiman Rashid, a senior officer in the northern town of Mandera, said Saturday that officers on patrol came across five suspected members of Somalia's al-Shabab extremist group planting a roadside bomb.
Rashid said the officers shot at the suspected rebels who panicked and detonated the bomb killing one insurgent while the others escaped.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mandera has experienced several attacks in this month that officials attribute to a group that has splintered from al-Shabab, who are allied to al-Qaida, and have instead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Al-Shabab has vowed retribution on Kenya for sending troops to Somalia to fight the Islamic extremists.