Kenyan Bus Attack by al-Qaeda Militants Kills 28 People
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Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, said it carried out an attack on Christians traveling on a bus in northeastern Kenya, killing 28 people.
Gunmen attacked the Nairobi-bound vehicle this morning local time while it was traveling between the towns of Mandera and Bulla Arabia, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of the capital, Mandera Deputy County Commissioner Elvin Korir said in a phone interview. Non-Muslims were separated from other passengers before being killed, he said. The bus was carrying a total of 60 people, according to the Interior Ministry.