Jihadists kill 28 People On Kenyan Bus Because They Were Regarded As 'Infidels'

 

Kenya's Red Cross has confirmed the death of 28 victims from an attack by members of an Islamist group which occur

in the early hours of Saturday, November 22, 2014

The regional Police Chief, Noah Mwavinda also confirmed the incident to AFP

'I can confirm... that 28 innocent travellers were brutally executed by the Shebab.Some 60 passengers were on board the bus when it was seized by the gunmen.

Gunmen waved down the bus before spraying it with bullets when it did not stop. They then shot a rocket-propelled grenade at the vehicle, before commandeering the bus off the road .

They ordered the passengers to get off the vehicle before separating the travellers into Muslims and non-Muslims.

According to an eye witness who was also a passenger in he bus, Ahmed Mahat

“the driver tried to accelerate away, but the vehicle became stuck in mud caused by recent heavy rains.About 10 heavily-armed men speaking Somali ordered the passengers off the bus.

"When we got down, passengers were separated according to Somali and non-Somalis,"

"The non-Somalis were ordered to read some verses of the holy Koran, and those who failed to read were ordered to lie down. One by one they were shot in the head at point blank range."Some Somalis were shot after pleading with the gunmen to spare non-Somali passengers, Mr Mahat added.

The attack comes after a week after Security forces raided mosques in the city, saying they were being used to store weapons. The raids triggered apparent revenge attacks by Muslim youths.

Kenya has experience a series of al-Shabab attacks since it sent troops to Somalia three years ago to help fight the militant group.