MANDERA, Kenya — Islamic extremists targeted Christians in the shooting deaths of 12 Kenyans at a guesthouse in Kenya’s northeastern town of Mandera on Oct. 25.
Somali Al Shabaab rebels took responsibility for the pre-dawn attack on the guesthouse, where a Kenyan theatre troupe from outside the area was staying, according to the militants’ radio affiliate. An area pastor said Christians were targeted.
“Some of the students who died had visited my church for Sunday worship and had requested prayers,” he said. “The attackers knew exactly whom they were attacking, that is, the Christians.”
The theatre troupe was made up of university students who reportedly travelled to the mainly Muslim area of Mandera to perform plays in local schools. (MS)
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