{"id":13167,"date":"2016-10-06T09:07:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13167"},"modified":"2016-10-06T09:11:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T09:11:00","slug":"deadly-attack-in-north-east-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/deadly-attack-in-north-east-kenya.html","title":{"rendered":"Deadly attack in north-east Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deadly attack in north-east Kenya<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Deadly attack in north-east Kenya<\/strong> : Suspected al-Shabab militants have killed at least six people in an attack in north-east Kenya, the regional governor said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali Roba, governor of Mandera County, said one person had also been seriously injured in the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

But security guards had been able to save 27 other people present at the public works site, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kenya’s Daily Nation says the attack targeted “non-locals”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Al-Shabab, an Islamist militant group, is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia, and has carried out a string of attacks in neighbouring Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"KenyaMilitants have carried out frequent attacks on the Mandera region, which borders Somalia. They target people who are not from the local area and security forces, Kenyan papers say.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kenya’s The Standard said the attack happened in the early hours of Thursday at a residential plot in Bulla public works.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attackers used a grenade to break in and then shot at those inside, it reported, citing police.<\/span><\/p>\n

“From the nature and style of the attack, it will obviously be al-Shabab,” Governor Roba told Reuters news agency by telephone.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If not for the quick response by our security forces, we would be talking of many more casualties now.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/strong> : http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-37571205<\/span><\/p>\n

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