Suspected terror attack in northeast Kenya

  • 06/10/2016
Soldiers secure the scene of an attack by al Shabaab earlier this month (Reuters / file)
Soldiers secure the scene of an attack by al Shabaab earlier this month (Reuters / file)

The governor of the Kenya-Somalia border county of Mandera says six people have died in an attack by suspected Islamic extremists.

Governor Ali Roba says militants attacked a residential plot around the area of Bulla public works early on Thursday (local time).

Mr Roba says the militants were targeting 33 non-Muslims living in a residential block. He says a timely response by security forces ensured that lives were saved.

Kenya has experienced a wave of attacks from Somali-based extremists and al-Qaeda's affiliate in the region, al Shabab.

Reuters