Somali militants kill 6 Kenyan police reservists and ransack their border camp

Kenyan police say armed militants from Somalia have raided a Kenyan police camp near the border, killed six reservists and seized weapons

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No group has claimed responsibility, but an official said the attack followed a pattern of raids by Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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