The Somali extremist group Shabab claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 12 non-Muslims sleeping in a hotel
in the northern Kenya town of Mandera near the Somali border.
The attack on Bishaaro Guest House was part of a campaign to
kill “unbelievers” in Kenya, the Islamist group said. The Shabab, affiliated
with al-Qaida, claimed 15 were killed, while authorities put the toll at 12.
The attackers reportedly used explosives to blow open the
metal front doors of the hotel before bursting in and shooting the victims.
Hours later, the group claimed responsibility for a major
attack in Somalia when a suicide bomber with a truck carrying explosives
slammed into the gate of a military base of the U.N.-funded African forces
fighting the Shabab, Amisom.
The Shabab group has repeatedly targeted Kenya because of
the country’s military role in Somalia, as well as other countries involved in
the force, including Uganda. Kenya invaded Somalia in 2011 after a spate of
attacks and kidnappings in northern Kenya.
Eleven men and one woman were killed in the early morning
guesthouse attack. Ten of those were teachers from other parts of Kenya, in
Mandera to stage plays for students about books that have been set as part of
the high school curriculum, local officials told Kenyan media.
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