Sunday 23 November 2014

Kenyan Military kill more than100 Al Shabab militants

A Kenyan soldier patrols the scene of an attack on a bus, some 30km from Mandera town, in northern Kenya - 22 November 2014
 Security provisions in Mandera county have been criticised following the attack
 
The Kenyan military has killed more than 100 al-Shabab militants linked to a deadly attack on a bus, Kenya's deputy president says.
William Ruto said the armed forces had carried out two operations in Somalia, destroying equipment and a camp from which the bus attack was planned.

 
In Saturday's attack, gunmen pulled non-Muslims passengers from a bus in northern Kenya, killing 28 of them.
A local governor said a total security overhaul was needed.
Al-Shabab has carried out a series of attacks in Kenya since 2011, the year that Kenya sent troops into Somalia to help battle the Islamist group.
Mr Ruto gave details of the military operation after attending a Sunday service at a church in Nyahururu.
"I can assure you that those behind the attack did not even take their supper," he was quoted as saying by the Standard newspaper.
"They were killed by our officers who we sent out immediately after the attack. They did not find time to celebrate their heinous crime."
He said security officials were in "full control" and urged other leaders to co-operate with the government rather than criticise it.
In Saturday's attack in Mandera county, close to the Somali border, witnesses described how passengers were asked to recite passages from the Koran and those who failed were made to lie on the ground before being shot in the head.

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