Al-Shabaab rebels have murdered at least 36 Kenyan quarry workers near the country's northern border with Somalia, police have confirmed. The gunmen crossed over the border and divided the Muslim and non-Muslim workers into two groups before opening fire. Kenyan police chief
David Kimaiyo confirmed the massacre took place early on Tuesday in Mandera County.
Mandera county governor
Ali Roba said:
'It is sad that we have another 36 people who were attacked and killed late last night in the same manner it happened on a bus recently. It happened at a quarry about 10 miles from Mandera town.'
Some 28 people were killed in the area last month when al Shabaab militants hijacked a Nairobi-bound bus, causing widespread anger. Kenya has suffered a string of gun and grenade attacks since it sent troops into Somalia to fight al Shabaab in late 2011.
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