Muslim passengers on board a bus in Kenya have defied a demand from militants attacking the vehicle to identify Christians travelling with them, witnesses say.
Muslim passengers on board a bus in Kenya have defied a demand from militants attacking the vehicle to identify Christians travelling with them, witnesses say.
The attack took place in Mandera County in northeast Kenya on Monday when gunmen believed to be affiliated with Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group shot at the bus carrying 60 passengers, killing two people.
According to Abdi Mohamud Abdi, a Muslim who was among the passengers, 10 militants entered the bus and asked the Muslims to split from the Christians, but they refused.
Some of the Muslims even gave non-Muslims headscarves to help them hide their identities when the bus stopped. Al-Shabab gunmen killed nearly 30 non-Muslims from a bus in the same area in 2014.
source : irib
