Police believe the militiamen planted the explosives on the donkey cart, targeting officers manning a roadblock on the Kenyan side of the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera County. Police believe the militiamen planted the explosives on the donkey cart, targeting officers manning a roadblock on the Kenyan side of the Kenya-Somalia border in Mandera County. Photo credit: Manase Otsialo | Nation Media GroupThe use of animal-borne IEDs is a form of animal cruelty that is punishable in several jurisdictions. The United States Counter Terrorism Centre warns that reporting animal cruelty can help minimise acts of violence against people, including terrorism. Data from clinical and mass murder incidents, including terrorist attacks in the United States, show that the vast majority are premeditated.
