Stray bullets killed four civilians, including a small child, during an al-Shabaab extremist attack in Kenya, authorities said Tuesday. A Kenyan national police statement said the attackers targeted a telecommunications mast in eastern Garissa county near the border with Somalia, where the al-Qaeda-linked extremist group is based. Police officers on patrol killed two of the attackers in the early morning assault, the statement said.
A teacher was among the dead, it added. Deputy county commissioner Kibet Bowen said all four civilians were killed by stray bullets in the fighting. Kenyan police said bomb-making materials were seized after the attack near the village of Saretho. Al-Shabaab since December has increased attacks inside Kenya including Sunday’s
It was the first time al-Shabaab had attacked US troops inside Kenya. The US on Monday said The US Africa Command also said it did not assess that the attack was linked to Iran, as Middle East tensions are soaring. Al-Shabaab is linked to al-Qaeda and has no known links to Iran or its proxies.
Al-Shabaab has vowed retribution on Kenya for deploying its troops in 2011 to fight the extremists in neighboring Somalia, where the group is based. Garissa county borders Somalia and Lamu county is nearby. The extremists often target police as well as civilian targets including buses and schools, mainly in the border region.
In other news – Doc Shebeleza is not dead
The people’s paper raced to Doc Shebeleza’s home to investigate claims that he had died. But it found the kwaito legend having his seven colours Sunday lunch with his family.As you can see. I’m alive and well.
The Gets Getsa hitmaker said he started getting calls from people who feared for the worst after rumours went around that he was dead. When the SunTeam went to his home in Fairlands in Joburg, where Doc Shebeleza was chilling with his family, he was playing with his child in the yard. Read more
Source: IOL
