15-year-old girl, 16-year-old brother killed in ordinance explosion in Garissa
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NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 26 – Two siblings aged 15 and 16 have died after an unexploded explosive device detonated while they were herding cattle in Bura East Sub-County, Garissa County.
The incident occurred on Saturday, at approximately midday, leaving the two minors critically injured after they reportedly struck a strange object they had discovered while grazing livestock.
According to a police incident report, the explosion was reported by the Officer Commanding a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Forward Operating Base (FOB) camp in Bura East, who said a loud blast had been heard at around 1200 hours.
