Thursday January 2, 2020
Three people were killed in a suspected Al-Shabaab attack on a bus Thursday at Nyongoro area, Lamu County.
Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia confirmed the incident.
The bus was from Mombasa and was headed to Lamu.
Transport along the Lamu-Garsen road has been suspended as security agencies, including the army, comb the area for the attackers.
SPIKE IN ATTACKS
The Somalia-based terror group has ramped up attacks in recent months, with its deadliest being a car bomb that claimed the lives of 79 people in Mogadishu on Saturday.
Al-Shabaab, for the first time, apologised to civilian victims of the attack.
In Kenya, at least 10 people, including police officers, were killed when the terrorists attacked a bus using an improved explosive device (IED) in Kotulo area a week ago.
Shabaab militants also kidnapped two businessmen on December 26 in Liboi area along the Kenya-Somalia border.
The businessmen were freed on December 27, with police saying they had launched a manhunt for the culprits.T
he Somalia-based terror group has ramped up attacks in recent months, with its deadliest being a car bomb that claimed the lives of 79 people in Mogadishu on Saturday.
Al-Shabaab, for the first time, apologised to civilian victims of the attack.
In Kenya, at least 10 people, including police officers, were killed when the terrorists attacked a bus using an improved explosive device (IED) in Kotulo area a week ago.
Shabaab militants also kidnapped two businessmen on December 26 in Liboi area along the Kenya-Somalia border. The businessmen were freed on December 27, with police saying they had launched a manhunt for the culprits.