Members of Somalia’s al-Shabab armed group have hijacked a bus in Kenya and killed 28 non-Muslims on board after singling them out from the rest of the passengers.

Two police officers said that the bus travelling to the capital Nairobi with 60 passengers was hijacked 50km from the town of Mandera near Kenya’s border with Somalia.

The officers insisted on anonymity out of fear of reprisals and because of an order from Kenya’s police chief that officers should not speak to the media.

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the dawn attack in a statement on Saturday, saying it was revenge for raids carried out by Kenyan security forces on mosques in the coastal city of Mombasa. Kenyan police said they found explosives and arrested more than 150 people in the mosque raids.

“What happened in Mandera today we did in revenge for what the non-believer government has done to innocent Muslims,” Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the group, told Al Jazeera.

“They were attacked in places of worship and in their homes. They invaded the Muslim land fo Somalia … It’s our duty to take revenge.”

The interior ministry confirmed the attack, saying via its official Twitter handle: “Security agencies are in pursuit of the criminal gang. We’ll give a comprehensive update once preliminary reports are out.”

A reporter for Kenya’s Standard newspaper told Al Jazeera the attack happened at 5:45am local time.

Quoting Mandera County Commissioner, journalist Boniface Mungeri said the attack was carried out by “about 100 gunmen who commandeered” the bus and forced the passengers out.

Mungeri said the passengers were separated into groups according to their religion. Non-Muslims, the reporter said, were executed and Muslims were freed. The assailants attempted to take the bus but it got stuck in mud on the unpaved road.

“We killed the non-believers,” Rage told Al Jazeera, confirming that they had split people up. “We did not touch the Muslims because they’re the ones we’re fighting for. The Muslims in Mandera and the Muslims in Somalia are the same to us.”

Among those killed were two security officers and teachers who were travelling to their home towns on holiday.

Mandera County Governor Ali Ibrahim Roba said on Twitter: “The inhumane butchering of innocent Kenyans by terrorist must get [a] very firm response from our national security team.”

Kenyan authorities have blamed al-Shabab for a wave of deadly attacks across the nation. Kenya sent troops to Somalia in 2011 after raids on its coastal towns blamed on al-Shabab and has since seen a surge in lethal attacks.

The Somali group has also been blamed for the September 2013 attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, which killed 77 people.

Somali government troops backed by AU forces are making progress in capturing the remaining al-Shabab strongholds, but the group has continued to carry out attacks in Somalia and the East Africa region.

Al-Shabab was dealt a heavy blow following the death of their leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in early September in a US airstrike. Godane has since been replaced by Ahmed Omar, also known as Abu Ubeid.



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This couple was killed

Lord where art thou!!!?? Show us you are God!!! Smite the face of thine enemies and expunge the sorrow and misery from our presence!!

This is too hard to bear. My heart feels so laden with grief right now?? How can man be so inhuman??

May the souls of the dearly departed find rest in the bosom of the Lord, amen.

#HealTheWorld.

That's Islam for you,.

zlatansomto:
That's Islam for you,.

No, I think it's your st'upid!ty

Crocz:


No, I think it's your st'upid!ty

Looking for trouble?? Where there is none!! My man don't start what you cannot finish!! Ah beg of you• Be warned!!

omenka:
Lord where art thou!!!?? Show us you are God!!! Smite the face of thine enemies and expunge the sorrow and misery from our presence!!

This is too hard to bear. My heart feels so laden with grief right now?? How can man be so inhuman??

May the souls of the dearly departed find rest in the bosom of the Lord, amen.

#HealTheWorld.

when u see how black ppl/man practice religion and seeing what religion has done to nigerians and other africans, u'd be forced to hate religion.
May God forgive me; we're God-forsaken people cos of how un-Godly we're in the face of God and religion.

God Almighty, when will this wickedness of dust against dust END

Prince of PEACE, Please return soon.


I wish the dead martyrs Rest in Peace, we shall meet again at the Resurrection of the Saints.

Sleep on Beloved.

It is all Jonathan, CAN and MEND doing

according to the Janjawiid

Proudly Atheist

Antichrist

IslamGod should have created a different world for muslims


R.I.P to the Dead
Gods speed!

Wickedness

omenka:
Lord where art thou!!!?? Show us you are God!!! Smite the face of thine enemies and expunge the sorrow and misery from our presence!!

This is too hard to bear. My heart feels so laden with grief right now?? How can man be so inhuman??

May the souls of the dearly departed find rest in the bosom of the Lord, amen.

#HealTheWorld.

Lmao!

Asss, you're a hypocrite.

Don't you think the Kenyan president is dumb and clueless?

Why is it that no one is blaming or condemning the Kenyan President for Alshabab's atrocities?











RIP to the dead.

If na naija, dem go dey abuse GEJ, not knowin d real enemies r those projectin a muslim/muslim ticket/muslim party/northern muslim/ #dividenigerianow!

Most times i wonder hw ppl think when i go through some comments here.. Its time d world gat 2 stop ds cancer!

This is genocide

Just too bad

Jonathannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
VicJustice and Justwise ...this should be in travel section...the bus was travelling

The wave of blood thirsty religious ideology sweeping across the world from Europe to africa and the middle east..it is not ending anytime soon but one thing is certain, their day of destruction is sure..whatever blood drinking god they profess to will be destroyed along with them.