Two people have been killed after suspected Islamic extremists shot at vehicles in Mandera, northern Kenya. However, the death toll could have been higher if it wasn’t for the actions of a group of brave Muslims, metro.co.uk reports.
Eyewitnesses say that terrorists, believed to be from al-Shabab, ordered people on a bus that was stopped to split into groups, but the Muslims refused their demands, according to the Daily Nation newspaper.
Deputy county commissioner Julius Otieno said: ‘They were trying to identify who were Christians and who were not. They told the non-Christians to return to the vehicle.
Mandera Governor Ali Roba said: ‘The locals showed a sense of patriotism and belonging to each other by insisting that the al-Shabab should kill them together or leave them alone.’
Mr Roba added: ‘This forced the militants to leave in a hurry fearing retaliation by residents from nearby villages.’ Kenya has experienced a wave of retaliatory attacks by al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaida, since it sent troops to Somalia to fight the extremists in 2011.
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