The Islamist group has sought to overthrow Somalia’s Western-backed government and regularly launches attacks in neighbouring Kenya in retaliation for Kenya contributing troops to an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia. Other Muslims hide the Christians under and behind bags in the bus, according to a passenger Abdiqafar Teno in an interview with CNN. The driver of a truck, which was trailing the bus, was also killed. When the militants attempted to sort through the passengers they told “locals” most of whom are Muslim and ethnic Somalis that they could get back on and be spared.
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Reacting to the development, Anglican Bishop Julius Kalu of Mombasa said, “I think it’s an act of bravery for the Muslims who risked their lives to protect the Christians”.
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Passengers on the ambushed bus were ordered to disembark in the city of Mandera.
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The Islamists have lost much ground in recent years, but remain a threat in both Somalia and neighbouring Kenya, where factions have carried out a series of attacks, including the killing of at least 67 people at Nairobi’s Westgate Mall in 2013 and the massacre of 148 people at a university in Garissa in April.
The group is believed to be taking advantage of an unmanned stretch of the Kenya-Somalia border to plan attacks in Kenya.
In that attack, the militants killed Christians, while sparing many Muslims.
“We even gave some non-Muslims our religious attire to wear in the bus so that they would not be identified easily”.
Witnesses said the terrorists had no option than to leave hurriedly as they were overpowered and intimidated by the passengers’ courage to stick out their necks in saving their Christian counterparts. Weeks later, the group killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers.
Al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaeda, has been courted by the Iraq and Syria-based IS and its affiliates, which now include elements in Libya, Yemen, Egypt, West Africa and Afghanistan.
He said the group that tried to hijack and attack a bus in El-Wak, Mandera on Monday was that of ISIS.
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Brutal attacks on buses are being made regularly by the group, particularly in December, the time of the year, which is one of the busiest travel seasons in Kenya.
