Islamist extremists from the
Somalia-based al-Shabaab (the Youth) militia have slaughtered 36
quarry workers in northeastern Kenya, the Red Cross said
Tuesday.
The massacre by what was reportedly a commando of 11 men
took place on the night between Monday and Tuesday, 15 kms from
the city of Mandera located near the border with Somalia.
The victims, all non-Muslim workers at a nearby quarry,
were attacked in their sleep, some of them horribly decapitated.
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack and
promised new ones would be carried out.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday sacked the
national police chief and the interior minister and announced he
will wage war on the Somali militia, the BBC reported.
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