ICC Note: Al-Shabaab extremists have once again attacked a residential compound in Mandera with the purpose of driving Christians out of the area. Several victims were wounded during the attack and at least six people were brutally killed.  The extremists group has carried several attacks in the last few years where they exclusively target Christians. In April 2015, Al-Shabaab killed at least 148 people at Garissa University by separating and shooting Christians, while freeing Muslims.

10/10/2016, Kenya (Gospel Herald) – An Islamic extremist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack in northeastern Kenya that left six dead and dozens injured, saying it intentionally targeted Christians.

“We are behind the Mandera attack. During which, we killed six Christians,” said Sheikh Abdiasis Musab, leader of Al-Shabab, an Islamic extremist group affiliated to al-Qaeda, the BBC reports.

The attack early on Thursday morning was targeted at a gated residential building mainly housing non-ethnic Somalis and non-Muslims, less than a mile from the Somalia border town of Beled Hawa. Al-Shabab said it carried out the attack, which left 27 people injured, because it wanted non-Muslims to leave what it regarded as Muslim areas.

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