{"id":12594,"date":"2019-12-07T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T09:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=12594"},"modified":"2019-12-07T12:48:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T09:48:01","slug":"kenya-bus-attack-leaves-8-dead-jihadist-group-takes-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/07\/kenya-bus-attack-leaves-8-dead-jihadist-group-takes-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Bus Attack Leaves 8 Dead, Jihadist Group Takes Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several police officers were among at least eight people killed in an attack on a bus in northeast Kenya believed to have been staged by the Somali Islamist Shebaab group, a presidential spokesperson said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta had been briefed on the &#8220;brutal&#8221; murders of eight people, including police, during the jihadist attack in Wajir county, the spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We lost seven police officers in the bus attack,&#8221; a senior police source told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The total number of the people killed are 10. One was identified as a local doctor,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A police statement released Friday evening gave no casualty toll, just noting the bus, which linked the towns of Wajir and Mandera, came under attack about 17:30 local time (1430 GMT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Security forces are pursuing the killers,&#8221; the state house spokesperson said, adding, &#8220;the government will not relent in its ruthless crackdown on criminal elements including suspected terrorists&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area where the attack took place borders Somalia, which is regularly the scene of Shebaab raids.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One June 15, at least eight police officers were killed in similar circumstances in Wajir county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Home-made weapons and bombs have been used to kill dozens of police and soldiers in the northern and eastern border regions, where such attacks are relatively common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Al-Qaeda affiliate Shebaab has been fighting for more than a decade to overthrow successive internationally-backed Somali governments and has previously resorted to direct attacks on road vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A regional peacekeeping force in Somalia, AMISOM, which chased Shebaab out of the Somali capital Mogadishu in 2011, includes troops from a number of African nations including Kenya, making police and troops from the country a target for the jihadists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By AFP Several police officers were among at least eight people killed in an attack on a bus in northeast Kenya believed to have been staged by the Somali Islamist Shebaab group, a presidential spokesperson said Saturday. 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