(SomaliNet) The dead bodies of the two Kenyan soldiers who had recently been abducted from the Kenya-Somalia border were found in the SomaliaÂ’s Dhuhul Dhurwa border village on Thursday, local official says. On Sunday the two Kenyan soldiers disappeared as they were at Mandhera town which bordering Somalia. They were believed to have been kidnapped by Islamist armed militants who crossed into Kenya. Local sources said they were abducted by heavily armed militiamen, presumably from the ousted Islamic Courts Union which ruled much of southern and central Somalia for six months in 2006.
The chairman of Somalia’s Baled Hawa town near the Kenyan border Ahmed Mohammed Barkus confirmed the news of the dead soldiers saying they seemed to be killed by gun shots. “The two policemen were found murdered outside of the village and there were gun shorts on their bodies,” said Mohamed adding that the Kenyan government which deployed a large number of its troops inside Somalia continues investigations over the case.