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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ: Άφθονο ρέει το αίμα των Χριστιανών στη Κένυα. Στυγερή δολοφονία 28 ανθρώπων που δεν αρνήθηκαν τον Ιησού Χριστό μπροστά σε ένοπλους! (& εδώ)
(CNN) -- November 22, 2014
Islamist militants ambushed a bus in Kenya
on Saturday and sprayed bullets on those who failed to recite Quran
verses, killing at least 28 people, authorities said.
A deeper look at Al-Shabaab
The bus, which had 60 people aboard, was heading from Mandera, near the Somali border, to the capital of Nairobi.
About 20 miles into its dawn journey, militants stopped it at a hilly area and stormed in, local police Cmdr. Noah Mwivanda told the Daily Nation newspaper.
Militants demanded those onboard recite Quran verses. As others watched, they opened fire on passengers who failed to do so, he said.
Somali-based terror group
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying
it was retaliation for mosque raids this week. It described those
killed as Christians.
This is one of the
busiest travel seasons in the nation. Throngs make their way to
relatives' homes for the holidays, with buses and other public
transportation packed this time of the year.
"Security agencies are in
pursuit of the criminal gang," the Interior Ministry said in a
statement. It later said helicopters and jets have demolished the
attackers' camp and operations were ongoing.
Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku declined to comment on the incident in a phone call with CNN on Saturday.
The bodies of the victims
were being taken to Nairobi, where the Kenya Red Cross will provide
assistance to victims' relatives and survivors of the attack, said the
organization's secretary general, Abbas Gullet.
Days before the bus
attack, police raided multiple mosques in the port city of Mombasa after
they found explosives in one. The searches this week prompted clashes
with Muslim youths in the city, Kenya's second-largest.
Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab has been behind a series of attacks in Kenya in recent years.
A deeper look at Al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab, which has
ties to al Qaeda, has launched a series of attacks in Kenya since its
forces went into neighboring Somalia in 2011 to battle the extremists.
Kenyan soldiers have targeted militants' hideouts across Somalia, prompting retaliatory attacks from the terror group.
Last year, Al-Shabaab raided a Nairobi mall in a brazen attack that killed 68 people and left shoppers under siege for days.
In addition to Kenya and
Somalia, the terror group has struck Uganda, where it killed more than
70 people gathered to watch a World Cup soccer match in Kampala in 2010.
As the attacks get more daring, the international community has rallied to battle the militants.
In September, a U.S.
airstrike killed Al-Shabaab's leader, Ahmed Godane. The terror group
later replaced him and vowed to avenge his death.
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