02/01/2020
Kenyan officials say al-Shabab attack on bus convoy kills four
NAIROBI, Kenya ? Kenyan officials say four people were killed on Thursday when a convoy of passenger buses was fired on by Islamic militants in the country's eastern coastal area. Somalia's al-Shabab rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack. The gunmen fired at a convoy of three buses and two vans that was being escorted by police to Lamu, said Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia. The four were killed when the vehicles were sprayed with gunfire by attackers in the Nyongoro area of Lamu county along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, he said. The first bus was hit with bullets on its side and tires but the driver managed to speed away, he said. Other...
