Kenya official: Al-Shabab kills 6 in Kenya border town
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kenya army personnel guard the residential plot in Mandera northern Kenya, Thursday, Oct,6, 2016.The governor of the Kenya-Somalia border county of Mandera says 6 people died in an attack by suspected Islamic extremists. Governor Ali Roba militants attacked a residential plot around the area of Bulla public works early on Thursday. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)
The governor of the Kenya-Somalia border county of Mandera says 6 people died in an attack by suspected Islamic extremists.
Governor Ali Roba militants attacked a residential plot around the area of Bulla public works early on Thursday.
Roba says the militants were targeting 33 non-Muslims residing in a residential block. Roba says a timely response by security forces ensured that lives were saved.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kenya has experienced a wave of attacks from Somali-based extremists and al-Qaida's affiliate in the region, al-Shabab.