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| Gunmen have killed at least three Kenyan police officers in the latest attack in the north-eastern border region with Somalia, police say. | Gunmen have killed at least three Kenyan police officers in the latest attack in the north-eastern border region with Somalia, police say. |
| Reports say many other officers are missing after the strike in Wajir district, 100km (60 miles) from the Kenya-Somalia border. | |
| Several police camps have been targeted since Nairobi sent troops into Somalia to fight the al-Shabab Islamist group. | |
| Kenyan officials have blamed Somali militants for the previous attacks. | |
| The latest attack comes as Human Rights Watch warns that Kenyan security forces were "beating and and arbitrarily detaining citizens and Somali refugees" in the Kenya-Somalia border area. | |
| Kenyan army spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir told HRW that he did not have knowledge of any abuses, but the military would investigate the claims. | |
| Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe confirmed the raid near Wajir - in which two others were wounded - but said he had not yet "received the full details." | |
| Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper says that "many" officers are missing, while the AFP news agency is reporting that 13 are unaccounted for. | |
| In October, Kenya sent troops into Somalia to pursue the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab, blaming it for a recent wave of abductions. | |
| The militant group has denied involvement in raids on Kenya's coast last year, which targeted foreign tourists and threatened a valuable industry for the country. | |
| It said the Kenyan incursion was an act of war and it would take revenge. | |
| There have been a series of explosions targeting police officers since October. | |
| In December, two explosions near the Dadaab refugee camp killed at least two police officers and wounded several others. | |
| After two decades of violence of Somalia, al-Shabab controls many southern and central areas of the country. | |
| But Kenyan forces have pushed it back from the south, while Ethiopia and local militias have also gained ground in the west. |