Two police officers were killed on Wednesday after a vehicle they were travelling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device along the Liboi-Kulan road in Garissa county.
The area is near the porous Kenya-Somalia border, which most of the time is breached by terrorists.
Police said the Border Patrol Unit vehicle was attacked by the Somali-based militant group al-Shabaab.
They had planted an IED on the road before setting it off as the vehicle approached the area.
The Land Cruiser was patrolling on the road when it was hit, police said.
It was badly damaged and killed one officer on the spot.
Another succumbed to the injuries later. Five other officers were injured in the attack.
This is the latest attack after a lull for months following intensified operations in the area. The government has increased operations in the area to address the terror-related menace at large.
In October this year, police from the elite Special Operations Group (SOG) stopped eight al-Shabaab terrorists who were attempting to set up IEDS at the Welmerer-Yumbia area in Garissa.
Officials said the team swiftly responded to information reported by the local community that eight terrorists had been spotted attempting to set up IEDS on the road and stopped their mission.
Police said the officers engaged the terrorists and managed to recover assembled IEDS, which were to be used to attack road users on the Welmerer-Yumbis road.
The explosives were dug out of the holes where they had been planted and destroyed.
The gang managed to escape the scene. Police said this came following ongoing operations in the area targeting a terror group which has been terrorising locals.
Locals have increasingly joined in the campaign to address the menace. The terrorists cross through the porous Kenya-Somalia border for the mission.
Parts of Garissa have in the past been seen as a hotbed for the terror group as they cross and camp there to plan attacks.