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Gunmen kill Kenya quarry workers | Gunmen kill Kenya quarry workers |
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Gunmen have killed some 36 quarry workers near the north Kenyan town of Mandera, aid workers and officials say. | |
The attackers separated Muslims from non-Muslims and shot the Christians dead, residents said. | |
Earlier, one person was killed in a bar popular with non-Muslims in a neighbouring district. | Earlier, one person was killed in a bar popular with non-Muslims in a neighbouring district. |
Islamist militants from the Somalia-based al-Shabab group killed 28 people in an attack on a bus targeting non-Muslims in the same area last week. | |
The attack on the quarry workers took place early on Tuesday. Witnesses said the victims were caught after midnight, while sleeping in their tents at the quarry. | |
A local police chief said the assailants targeted non-Muslim workers at a quarry in Kormey, 15km (nine miles) from Mandera town. | |
Kenya's Red Cross said on its Twitter feed that security personnel and one of its own teams were on the ground at the site of the attack. | |
Al-Shabab has stepped up attacks in Kenya since 2011, when Kenya sent troops across the border to help battle the militants. |