lego 44,165 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Two people were killed and three others injured when suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a bus and a lorry in Mandera on Monday. Governor Ali Roba said locals protected non Muslim passengers thereby preventing a massacre similar to last year’s when Al-Shabaab members hijacked and killed 28 people, mainly teachers, in a Nairobi-bound bus. “They refused to separate from non Muslims and told the attackers to kill all passengers or leave. That is why some locals were injured trying to protect non Muslim passengers,” Mr Roba told the Nation on phone from abroad. One of the survivors, Mr Abdirashid Adan who is admitted to Mandera County Referral Hospital said the attackers scattered when they heard the sound of an oncoming lorry. “We were forced to stop after they shot at our bus. One of the bullets injured me in the buttocks. We alighted but one person attempted to run away and was shot dead,” Mr Adan said. He went on: “As the attackers started separating passengers according to their religions, we heard the sound of an oncoming lorry. They all ran back into the bush thinking it was police. After realizing it was not police, they stopped the lorry as we dashed back into the bus and sped off.” “I am told the Al-Shabaab killed another person said to be a traffic police officer based in Elwak.” A chief who spoke to the Nation on condition of anonymity claimed many members of the terror group arrived in Mandera South on December 15. “We have reported this to the government but no action has been taken even as the militants continue to terrorise locals,” said the chief. Last week, elders from Wargadud in Somalia were sent to Kenya to ask the militia to leave Mandera within 36 hours but the terrorists are said to have ignored the ultimatum. The chief warned that locals may be forced to arm themselves to fight the militants. Mr Roba said Muslims who were part of the 62 passengers shouted at the militants saying non-locals should be left alone, forcing the militants to panic and flee. “The militants left in a hurry fearing retaliation by residents from nearby villages,” he added. http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Two-dead-3-injured-Mandera-bus-attack/-/1107872/3004522/-/12gsxkc/-/index.html?platform=hootsuite "The locals showed a sense of patriotism and belonging to each other," Mandera governor Ali Roba told Kenya's private Daily Nation newspaper. The militants decided to leave after the passengers' show of unity, he added. The passengers on the bus showed great bravery, but there was another quality revealed by their surprising decision to stand up to the gunmen: Frustration. The majority of the local population in the north-east are Kenyan Muslims of Somali descent, and they have been hit hard by the consequences of al-Shabab attacks, even if non-Muslims are supposedly the main target of the Somali militant group. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35151967 Abdi Mohamud Abdi, a Muslim who was among the passengers in Monday's incident, told Reuters that more than 10 al Shabaab militants boarded the bus and ordered the Muslim passengers to split away from the Christians, but they refused. "We even gave some non-Muslims our religious attire to wear in the bus so that they would not be identified easily. We stuck together tightly," he said. "The militants threatened to shoot us but we still refused and protected our brothers and sisters. Finally they gave up and left but warned that they would be back," he said. In previous attacks, al Shabaab has often killed both Muslims and non-Muslims. http://news.yahoo.com/somali-militants-kill-two-bus-attack-northern-kenya-133010287.html FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Stuff like this gives me such hope. Terrifying story though.. what brave people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino 12 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's amazing how the best of humainty can rise to the surface in the worst situations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcina Dimitrescu 1,157 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We need more of this, people treating each other as shared experiencing flesh and blood. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,997 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Gives me some hope in humanity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 14 minutes ago, Sister said: We need more of this, people treating each other as shared experiencing flesh and blood. I think these things happen more than we imagine, but they don't sell the papers. Good news are usually boring to many and they almost never go viral. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cocaine Heart 4,768 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 The bravery, amazing. We going to boo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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