16/06/2014
Al Shabab claims responsibility for Kenyan attack that killed dozens
Al Shabab on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack the day before that killed at least 48 people, marking the first time the militant group from Somalia had launched an assault of this scale on a town in neighboring Kenya. Witnesses reported that the attackers in the town of Mpeketoni spoke Somali and yelled #8220;God is great.#8221; Kenyan authorities earlier said they suspected the Al Qaeda linked militants were to blame. The group released a statement saying its fighters burned a police station, bank, hotels and other buildings in revenge for the killings of several clerics in the Kenya city of Mombasa and the continued presence of Kenyan troops in Somalia. In a chilling warning,...
