2019 Kenya bus shooting
| 2019 Kenya bus shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of Somali–Kenyan conflict | |
 | |
| Location | Wargadadud and Kutulu, Wajir County, Kenya |
| Date | 6 December 2019 |
| Weapons | Guns |
| Deaths | 11 |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrators | Al-Shabaab |
On 6 December 2019, at least 11 people, including seven police officers, were shot dead on or outside a bus in Kenya.[1] The Medina Bus Company vehicle and its passengers were attacked on a road in a rural area between Wajir and Mandera in northeastern Kenya.[1] Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.[1][2]
Background
[edit]The Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has been opposed to Kenyan involvement in the Somali Civil War.[3] The terrorist group has previously attacked the suburb of Westlands during the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack,[4] which left 67 people dead. In 2015, Al-Shabaab terrorists were involved in mass shooting of Garissa University College students leaving 147 dead and many others injured.[5] In 2019 two attacks occurred in the same month of each other, including the attack on January 15, 2019, an attack on a hotel in Nairobi which killed 21 individuals. The second attack happened in less than two weeks near a Kenya Cinema bus stop which injured two individuals.[6]
Attack
[edit]Gunmen associated with Al-Shabaab killed 11 people including seven Kenya Police officers on a bus traveling through Wargadadud and Kutulu in Wajir, Kenya.[7][8]
References
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- ^ "Kenya's military intervention in Somalia". ACCORD. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Five UK nationals among Kenyan dead". 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ "Death toll from Kenyan attack rises to 148". 2015-04-03.
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- ^ "At least 10 killed in Kenya bus attack claimed by al-Shabab". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ "Kenya bus attack: Several dead, including police officers | DW | 07.12.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2019-12-08.