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Al-Shabab 'kills Christians' in Kenya's Mandera town

The attack was carried out in an area popular with non-locals
Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has killed six Christians in north-eastern Kenya in an attack aimed at forcing them out of the region. 

The grenade and gun attack was launched on a residential block in Mandera town when people were sleeping, police said. 

It was the latest in a spate of deadly attacks targeting Christians in the mainly Muslim region.

In December 2014, al-Shabab killed 38 non-Muslims at a quarry after separating them from Muslim workers. 

A few months earlier, 28 people were killed after Muslim passengers were split up from the other passengers. 

The attack happened as "planned" and was aimed at Christians in Mandera town, a radio station run by al-Shabab has reported.

The group wanted non-Muslims to leave what it regarded as Muslim areas, a spokesman told the BBC. 

Mandera County commissioner Fredrick Shiswa said the militants had also targeted a telecommunication site, but this was done to divert the attention of the security forces from the "actual attack". 

"This must have been planned over a long period... It was executed with a lot efficiency," Mr Shiswa said in a BBC interview. 

Al-Shabab is loyal to al-Qaeda
Sadiq Sharif, who was among 27 survivors, said al-Shabab raided the compound despite the fact that it was close to a police station in the middle of the town. 

"However, I would like to thank the four local police reservists who rescued us. If it were not for them, no-one would have survived," he told the BBC. 


Source: BBC 

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