{"id":5473,"date":"2015-07-07T07:44:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T07:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2015-07-07T08:55:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T08:55:21","slug":"kenya-al-shabab-kills-quarry-workers-in-gun-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2015\/07\/07\/kenya-al-shabab-kills-quarry-workers-in-gun-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: ‘Al-Shabab’ kills quarry workers in gun attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least 14 people have been killed and several others wounded in a gun attack near a military camp at the Kenyan border with Somalia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is believed the victims were workers from a local quarry in Mandera county in the north-east of the country.<\/p>\n

Residents told the BBC they had heard two explosions, followed by heavy gunfire in the middle of a night.<\/p>\n

Militia group al-Shabab, which operates out of Somalia, has confirmed to the BBC it carried out the attack.<\/p>\n

Mandera County Commissioner Alex Ole Nkoyo told AFP that people were sleeping when the gunmen struck.<\/p>\n

“They just came and hurled explosives in the houses,” he said.<\/p>\n

Kenya Red Cross said it was sending an aircraft to the scene to fly the injured to hospitals in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Constant threat<\/h2>\n

An al-Shabab source told BBC’s Mary Harper the group was behind the attack.<\/p>\n

In December 2014\u00a0al-Shabab killed 36 quarry workers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Mandera town.<\/p>\n

On that occasion they attacked while the workers were sleeping and shot the non-Muslims dead after separating them from Muslims.<\/p>\n

Their deadliest assault to date happened at a university in the Kenyan town of Garissa in April, when four gunmen killed 148 people.<\/p>\n

In 2013, at least 67 people died in a gun attack on the Westgate mall in the capital Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Analysis: Tomi Oladipo, BBC Africa Security correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n

People from other parts of Kenya working in the north-east have threatened to leave the area following frequent al-Shabab attacks.<\/p>\n

The Islamist group has carried out numerous attacks near the long porous border with Somalia.<\/p>\n

This latest incident is likely to put the spotlight on the Kenyan authorities again over their handling of the security situation.<\/p>\n

Just two weeks ago the government lifted a night-time curfew in the area after Muslim clerics said it impeded prayers during the month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

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