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| Kenya bus attack near Somali border leaves 28 dead | |
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| Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, officials say. | Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya, officials say. |
| Gunmen took the bus off the road and separated out those they thought were non-Muslim before killing them, they said. | |
| The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, near the Somali border. | The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, near the Somali border. |
| Somalia-based al-Shabab has carried out several attacks in Kenya since 2011. | Somalia-based al-Shabab has carried out several attacks in Kenya since 2011. |
| That was the year when Kenya sent troops to Somalia to help fight the Islamist militia. Mandera, in the north east, has been particularly affected. | |
| After the attack early on Saturday, local officials quoted by Kenyan media said the government had failed to answer their pleas for extra security. | After the attack early on Saturday, local officials quoted by Kenyan media said the government had failed to answer their pleas for extra security. |
| One official told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper that assailants had asked passengers to read out verses of the Koran, before executing those who failed. | One official told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper that assailants had asked passengers to read out verses of the Koran, before executing those who failed. |