{"id":750,"date":"2026-10-09T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=750"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:46:25","slug":"two-police-officers-killed-in-garissa-ied-blast-by-delson-visaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"Two Police Officers Killed in Garissa IED Blast By Delson Visaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791557081519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791557081519.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791557081519-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two police officers, including a Garissa police commander and his driver, were killed on Friday morning when their vehicle struck a suspected improvised explosive device along the Saretho\u2013Dadaab road. The blast occurred at around 6 a.m., police said.<br><br>Security forces immediately launched investigations into the attack, which fits a pattern of roadside bombings that have targeted security personnel in the region in recent years. The officers were travelling on official duty when the device detonated.<br><br>Authorities have not yet attributed responsibility, though such incidents in Garissa and neighbouring counties have frequently been linked to Al-Shabaab or related militant networks. Reinforcements and additional patrols were expected to be deployed in the area as the probe continues.<br><br>The dual fatalities add to the toll on Kenya\u2019s security services operating in the volatile north-eastern region. Senior police commanders expressed condolences to the families of the fallen officers and vowed that those responsible would be brought to justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two police officers, including a Garissa police commander and his driver, were killed on Friday morning when their vehicle struck a suspected improvised explosive device along the Saretho\u2013Dadaab road. The blast occurred at around 6 a.m., police said. Security forces immediately launched investigations into the attack, which fits a pattern of roadside bombings that have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}