The Mandera region, which lies on the border with Somalia, has long been targeted by al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
, which has said it wants to punish Kenya for sending troops into Somalia where they are fighting alongside other African peacekeepers. Mandera County Commissioner Alex Nkoyo said four mechanics were attacked by gunnies while they were driving home. One was killed and the other three were being treated in hospital, the commissioner said. Al-Shabaab said it carried out the killings. "Tonight, we carried out an operation inside Mandera town of Kenya. We killed one person and injured three others," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, the group's military operation front man, told Rooters.