{"id":38871,"date":"2013-06-13T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T10:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=38871"},"modified":"2013-06-13T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T10:07:55","slug":"kenya-killing6-people-including-schoolchildren-killed-near-the-somalia-border-africa-news-38871","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/kenya-killing6-people-including-schoolchildren-killed-near-the-somalia-border-africa-news-38871\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Killing:6 People Including Schoolchildren Killed near the Somalia Border \/ Africa News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kenyan police have said that at least, six people, including two schoolchildren, have been killed in what is believed to be an ambush attack near the Somalia border.<\/h1>\n

The incident happened in the north-eastern Mandera district where the attackers were said to have opened fire on the truck in which the victims were travelling in with.<\/p>\n

Local reporters in the area said the region is noted for inter-clan fighting as well as routine attacks by Somalia’s militants al-Shabab group which many believe have link with al-Qaeda.<\/p>\n

Local police Chief Joseph Tenai told reporters that a schoolboy and schoolgirl were among the people killed in the attack in the Qooqae area in Mandera County.<\/p>\n

“The survivors have told us they were attacked when the gunmen emerged from a bush and sprayed the vehicle with bullets, killing four people on the spot\u2019\u2019,\u00a0 Mr. Tenai told reporters.<\/p>\n

The North-eastern part of Kenya is a remote region which borders Somalia to the east and Ethiopia to the north thereby making it a hub for Somalia\u2019s militants Al Shabab to frequently attack local residents in response to what the militants called an evasion of Somalia by the Kenyan government.<\/p>\n

The Kenyan government has deployed several thousand of military troops with heavy weapons to Somalia in 2011 to fight al-Shabab militants.<\/p>\n

The troops have since been integrated into an 18,000-strong African Union (AU) force battling the Al Shabab militants in Somalia.<\/p>\n

In May, Kenyan police said al-Shabab had killed at least six people, including two policemen, in attacks on the Abdisugow and Damajale border posts in an unknown circumstance.<\/p>\n

Al-Shabab militants have staged numerous cross-border raids since Kenya decided in October 2011 to send troops into Somalia to fight their insurgencies they sometimes extend to Kenya.<\/p>\n

The Kenyan Standard newspaper also reported that Inter-clan fighting in Mandera district has led to the deaths of about 30 people in the area in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Issaka Adams \/ NationalTurk Africa News<\/b><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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