Al-Shabab kills five Kenyan security personnel in ambush

Al-Shabab fighters killed five Kenyan security personnel in an ambush, Al Jazeera English reports. The attack is part of a rapid surge in cross-border violence along Kenya's northern frontier. Al-Shabab, the Somalia-based armed group affiliated with al-Qaeda, has repeatedly targeted Kenyan forces near the shared border in recent years.

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