Two Technical University of Mombasa staff have been killed and three others injured after gunmen opened fire on a police van they were travelling in within Ukunda, Kwale County.
According to Coast Regional Police Chief Larry Kieng, police officers were escorting the two university staff members and a bus carrying students when they were ambushed.
The gunmen are said to have opened fire at the police van which was in front of the bus.
Two police officers sustained injuries on their legs while the driver was shot on the hand. They were rushed to the Diani Beach hospital in Ukunda.
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The students were forced to jump out of the bus and run for their safety.
"A bus carrying students of TUM was ferrying them from their hostels to the campus in Ukunda for classes and was being escorted by a van that had some staff of the college and two escort police officers," a witness who wished to remain anonymous revealed.
"Armed men numbering about 10 emerged from the bushes and started firing at the van in front. As a result, two women who are staff of TUM were killed in the van. The driver of the van and two police officers were injured," he added.
Police are pursuing the gunmen believed to be Al Shabaab returnees operating in the area.
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