Nairobi, 21 Ramadhan 1435 / 19 July 2014 (MINA) – Five people, including a policeman, were killed late on Friday when suspected members of the militant Al-Shabaab movement attacked a bus near Witu, a market town in Kenya’s coastal Lamu County, a security source said.
“The bus was headed for Lamu from Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, when gunmen from the nearby Boni forest attacked passengers and a police escort,” the security source who is based in Witu told Anadolu Agency.
He added that the attack took place minutes before 9:00pm, Anadolu Agency quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Saturday.
“Four more passengers were seriously wounded and were immediately taken to hospital,” the security source said.
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The attack comes a day after Kenyan authorities said they had bombed a hideout of Al-Shabaab militants near Witu.
Abdullah al-Habshy, the manager of the attacked bus company, said four passengers and a police escort were killed in the attack.
“Our office in Mombasa has been informed of the incident,” al-Habshy said. “I can only confirm at this point that five people are already dead,” he told AA.
Al-Shabaab is active in neighboring Somalia where it has been battling the Mogadishu government for control over several of the country’s regions for years now.
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In recent months, the movement has been blamed for most terrorist attacks and assassinations of government figures and members of parliament in Somalia.(T/P012/E01)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
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