Kenya: Al-Shabaab claims death of 6 Christians in Mandera attack
Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed the deaths of six Christians in an attack on a residential compound in northeast Kenya on Thursday.
“We are behind the Mandera attack in which we killed six Christians,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters.
He added that the group had also hit a police vehicle with a roadside bomb.
According to local reports, heavily armed gunmen broke into the residential area around 2.45am on Thursday morning, and began firing randomly.