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Suspected al-Shabab Attack Kills 12 in Kenya

by VOA News

   An extremist attack targeting non-Muslims along Kenya's northeast
   border with Somalia on Tuesday has killed 12 people, a Kenyan official
   said.

   Militants suspected to belong to the Somali-based militant group
   al-Shabab attacked the Bisharo Guest House, a guest house in Mandera
   County that hosts out-of-towners, with grenades and IEDs, Mandera
   County commander Job Boronjo said.

   "It is true there was an attack. Rescue efforts are ongoing," he said.

   The attack Tuesday marks the latest in several cross-border attacks
   attributed to al-Shabab since Kenya intervened in Somalia in 2011.

   Earlier this month, six people were killed during a similar attack on
   visitors in Madera when suspected al-Shabab militants attacked a
   residential housing area.

   In November 2014, militants killed 28 non-Muslims after hijacking a bus
   in Madera County.