### [2024-04-29](/feed/2024/04/29/index.md)

##### El Wak
# Five people are killed in a bomb attack in El Wak town in Mandera County, northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/kenya-bomb-attack-border-f8cb4b2642a98ffb6ee7ff0fff6c4a04)

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