{"id":70517,"date":"2014-12-02T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T09:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=70517"},"modified":"2014-12-02T09:45:06","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T09:45:06","slug":"al-shabab-massacres-36-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/al-shabab-massacres-36-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabab massacres 36 in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"
Somali militants have killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers near the north Kenyan town of Mandera.<\/p>\n
The attackers from the al-Shabab group shot the non-Muslims dead after separating them from Muslims, residents said.<\/p>\n
There is growing concern in Kenya about security in regions bordering Somalia after a spate of attacks.<\/p>\n
Al-Shabab killed 28 people in an attack on a bus targeting non-Muslims in the same area last week.<\/p>\n
The attack on the quarry workers took place early on Tuesday. Witnesses said the victims were caught after midnight, while sleeping in their tents at the quarry in Kormey, 15km (nine miles) from Mandera town.<\/p>\n
A driver who visited the scene of the attack, Ali Sheikh Yusuf, told the BBC most of the victims appeared to have been lined-up, and shot in the head, at close range.<\/p>\n
He said four were beheaded inside their tents, while three appeared to have escaped to Mandera town.<\/p>\n