Kenya Boosts Border Security After Ethiopian Rebels Claim Attack
- Deployment comes amid increased tension in border town
- Thousands of Ethiopians fled to Kenya after civilians killed
A home in Moyale after an attack in 2013.
Photographer: Boniface Mwangi/AFP/Getty Images
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Kenya tightened security at its northern border with Ethiopia after the rebel Oromo Liberation Front said it attacked a military convoy in the neighboring country.
The deployment comes amid increased tension in the market town of Moyale that straddles the two countries’ boundary after Ethiopian forces “mistakenly” killed nine civilians and injured 12 others on March 10, forcing thousands of ethnic Oromos to flee to Kenya.