AfricaNews Monitoring Team
A third attack in a week has hit Kenya this time in the north of that country. Reports say armed men attacked a lorry near Kenya's border with Somalia, killing at least four people. The lorry was carrying school examination papers when it was attacked in Mandera district and had government officials among the passengers.
The attack has further worsen public fear and panic in the East Africa country.
Kenya blames Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab for a spate of abductions on its territory.
Al-Shabab denies the allegation and has vowed to take revenge against Kenya for sending troops into Somalia.
On Wednesday, a Kenyan man arrested after two grenade blasts in the capital, Nairobi, admitted in court to being a member of the group.
Elgiva Bwire Oliacha pleaded guilty to carrying out the attacks on a nightclub and bus stop.