Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Kenya bus attack
- 9 years ago
Somali militant group al-Shabaab have claimed responsibility for the bus attack which killed at least 28 people in northeast Kenya.
According to officials the gunmen separated out those thought be non-Muslim before executing them.
The bus carrying around 60 passengers was en route for Nairobi when it was ambushed in Mandera County on Saturday morning.
In a statement on a website linked to the Islamist group, a spokesperson for al-Shabab said that the attack was carried out in retaliation for security raids in mosques in Mombasa in the last week.
According to officials the gunmen separated out those thought be non-Muslim before executing them.
The bus carrying around 60 passengers was en route for Nairobi when it was ambushed in Mandera County on Saturday morning.
In a statement on a website linked to the Islamist group, a spokesperson for al-Shabab said that the attack was carried out in retaliation for security raids in mosques in Mombasa in the last week.