At least eight passengers have been injured after al-Shabaab fighters attacked a bus in Mandera county.
The attack happened on Tuesday in an area between Elwak town and Kotulo, According to Deputy County Commissioner Joshua Kitakwa who spoke to Nation Africa.
“We are yet to know the exact number of injured people. So far no deaths have been reported,” he said.
Locals in Kutulo town where injured were taken to, say four of the victims are in critical condition.
“We have received at least eight victims but four are in need of specialised care,” said the source.
Kenya’s northeastern region has been borne the brunt of grenade and gun attacks in the last several years since Kenya took its troops to Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab group.
Al-Shabaab group has been attacking areas along Kenya-Somalia border while targeting mostly non- locals working in the region.
Many people, majority of them non- locals have as a result lost their lives with others left with permanent injuries.
The group vowed to continue staging attacks on Kenya’s soil until the East Africa nation withdraws from Somalia.
Kenya had sent its troops to Somalia in 2011 to fight al-Shabaab following several attacks in Kenya’s coastal region allegedly conducted by the terror group.
