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| Six people have been killed in an attack by al-Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the north-eastern Kenyan town of Mandera. | Six people have been killed in an attack by al-Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the north-eastern Kenyan town of Mandera. |
| The attack early on Thursday morning was targeted at a gated residential building mainly housing non-ethnic Somalis and non-Muslims, less than a mile from the volatile Somalia border town of Beled Hawa. | The attack early on Thursday morning was targeted at a gated residential building mainly housing non-ethnic Somalis and non-Muslims, less than a mile from the volatile Somalia border town of Beled Hawa. |
| Governor Ali Roba said in a statement: “We have suffered yet another attack in Mandera and sadly we have lost six people.” Police chief Joseph Boinnet said there were 33 people in the compound when the attack took place. | Governor Ali Roba said in a statement: “We have suffered yet another attack in Mandera and sadly we have lost six people.” Police chief Joseph Boinnet said there were 33 people in the compound when the attack took place. |
| The Islamist group said it had carried out the attack. “We are behind the Mandera attack in which we killed six Christians,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters, adding that they had also hit a police vehicle using a roadside bomb. | The Islamist group said it had carried out the attack. “We are behind the Mandera attack in which we killed six Christians,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters, adding that they had also hit a police vehicle using a roadside bomb. |
| In several bus ambushes in the region, gunmen have separated passengers by religion, killing non-Muslims. | In several bus ambushes in the region, gunmen have separated passengers by religion, killing non-Muslims. |
| Al-Shabaab has fought to overthrow the internationally-backed government in Mogadishu since 2007, but turned its sights on Kenya when the army was sent into Somalia in 2011 to fight the Islamic insurgents. Since then al-Shabaab has carried out frequent attacks on civilians in different parts of Kenya, including a Nairobi shopping mall, a northeastern university and coastal villages. | Al-Shabaab has fought to overthrow the internationally-backed government in Mogadishu since 2007, but turned its sights on Kenya when the army was sent into Somalia in 2011 to fight the Islamic insurgents. Since then al-Shabaab has carried out frequent attacks on civilians in different parts of Kenya, including a Nairobi shopping mall, a northeastern university and coastal villages. |